Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/22/title22sec2843.html
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 07:49:35+00:00

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1. Permit for transportation. Each dead human body transported into this State for final disposition must be accompanied by a permit issued by the duly constituted authority at the place of death. Such permit is sufficient authority for final disposition in any place where dead human bodies are disposed of in this State.
2. Permit for disinterment or removal. A dead human body may not be disinterred or removed from any vault or tomb until the person in charge of the disinterment or removal has obtained a permit from the State Registrar of Vital Statistics or from the clerk of the municipality where the dead human body is buried or entombed. The permit must be issued upon receipt of a notarized application signed by the next of kin of the deceased who verifies that the signer is the closest surviving known relative and, when any other family member of equal or greater legal or blood relationship or a domestic partner of the decedent also survives, that all such persons are aware of, and do not object to, the disinterment or removal. This subsection does not preclude a court of competent jurisdiction from ordering or enjoining disinterment or removal pursuant to section 3029 or in other appropriate circumstances. For purposes of this subsection, "domestic partner" means one of 2 unmarried adults who are domiciled together under long-term arrangements that evidence a commitment to remain responsible indefinitely for each other's welfare.
3. Permit for burial. The person in charge of each burying ground or crematory in this State shall endorse, and provide the date the body was disposed of on, each such permit with which that person is presented, and return it to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics or to the clerk of the municipality in which such burying ground or crematory is located within 7 days after the date of disposition. If there is no person in charge of the burying ground, an official of the municipality in which the burying ground is located shall endorse, and provide the date the body was disposed of on, each such permit, and present it to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics or the clerk of the municipality. The funeral director or authorized person shall present a copy of each permit, after endorsement, to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics or the clerk of the municipality where death occurred and to the clerk who issued the permit.
3-A. Permit for burial of cremated remains in public burying ground. If cremated remains are buried in a public burying ground in this State, the person in charge of the public burying ground may endorse and provide the date the cremated remains were buried on each permit with which that person is presented and return it to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics or to the clerk of the municipality in which the public burying ground is located. If there is no person in charge of the public burying ground, an official of the municipality in which the public burying ground is located may endorse and provide the date the cremated remains were buried on each such permit and present it to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics or the clerk of the municipality. The funeral director or authorized person may present a copy of each permit, if the permit has been endorsed, to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics or the clerk of the municipality where death occurred and to the clerk who issued the permit. For the purposes of this subsection, "public burying ground" has the same meaning as in Title 13, section 1101-A, subsection 4.
4. Records. Each municipality shall maintain a record of any endorsed permit received pursuant to subsection 3 or 3-A. These records must be open to public inspection.
1977, c. 232, §3 (AMD). 1985, c. 44, (AMD). 1985, c. 231, §§1-3 (AMD). 1985, c. 602, (AMD). 2001, c. 574, §28 (AMD). 2003, c. 672, §18 (AMD). 2005, c. 359, §§3,4 (AMD). 2007, c. 56, §§3, 4 (AMD). 2009, c. 601, §27 (AMD). 2013, c. 20, §1 (AMD). 2017, c. 101, §§1, 2 (AMD). 2017, c. 363, §1 (AMD).

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