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NH Rev Stat § 290:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:4-a - Record of Interment Date.

    290:4-a Record of Interment Date. –||In any case in which the town where the death occurred and the town of residence or burial is different, the burial permit shall indicate the actual date of interment where the dead body is stored in a tomb or vault prior to burial.|||Source. 1977, 324:6, eff. Aug. 27, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:5 - Burial Permit Required.

    290:5 Burial Permit Required. –||No interment of the dead body of a human being, nor disposition of the body in a tomb or vault, shall be made without a permit, and only in accordance with it. No disinterment, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, of the dead body of a human being shall be made without a permit from the department of state, countersigned by the local health officer, and only in accordance with such permit. Before a disinterment permit is granted, the surviving spouse, parents, and children, who are 18 years of age or older, of the deceased human being shall be given written notice by certified mail of the disinterment request and shall be afforded 10 days from the written notice to object to the disinterment before the permit is issued. Such disinterment permit shall not be required for removal of such dead body from a tomb or vault for the purpose of burial, for reinterment of dead bodies after discontinuance of a public cemetery, as provided in RSA 289:15 and 289:16, if a body is to be removed within the geographic boundaries of the same cemetery, nor in a case where an autopsy has been ordered by a county attorney or the attorney general. No person shall assist in, assent to, or allow an interment or disinterment to be made until a permit has been obtained under this section. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:51. 1943, 157:1. RSA 290:5. 1983, 291:1. 1986, 22:3. 1994, 318:3. 1995, 310:181. 2005, 147:1. 2006, 141:12, eff. July 21, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:6 - Return.

    290:6 Return. –||It shall be the duty of every funeral director, next-of-kin as defined in RSA 290:16, IV, or designated agent under RSA 290:17, or other person having charge of a burial place, who shall receive the permit, to complete it and forward it to the town clerk within 6 days after the burial.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:52. 1997, 325:14. 1999, 62:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:7 - Repealed by 1997, 325:22, VIII, eff. Aug. 22, 1997.

    290:7 Repealed by 1997, 325:22, VIII, eff. Aug. 22, 1997. –|
NH Rev Stat § 290:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:8 - Prerequisites.

    290:8 Prerequisites. –||No such permit shall be issued until there has been delivered to the division of vital records administration a death record completed in accordance with RSA 290:1.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:54. RSA 290:8. 1955, 95:1. 1979, 66:1. 1997, 325:15. 2003, 319:69, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:9 - Repealed by 1997, 325:22, IX, eff. Aug. 22, 1997.

    290:9 Repealed by 1997, 325:22, IX, eff. Aug. 22, 1997. –|
NH Rev Stat § 290:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:10 - Record of Death.

    290:10 Record of Death. –||The record of death upon which the permit is issued shall be forwarded to the town clerk within 6 days after it is received.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:56.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:11 - Release; Transfer of Body; Liability Limited.

    290:11 Release;  Transfer of Body;  Liability Limited. –||I. No dead body of a human being may be released or transferred from any residence, hospital, or other facility to any person other than a funeral director or designee, or to the next-of-kin as defined in RSA 290:16, IV, or designated agent under RSA 290:17 who shall be responsible for the completion of forms as required by RSA 290:12.||II. The body of any deceased person may be transferred to another town for preparation or for burial or cremation only under the direction of a funeral director, next-of-kin, or designated agent; provided that death was not sudden, or the result of violence, and provided that such body shall be returned to the town in which death occurred within 36 hours, or a permit for permanent removal, as required by this chapter, has been secured within that time.||III. Any person or institution releasing a body pursuant to this chapter shall be held harmless against and shall not be liable for, any harm, loss, cost, injury, damage, or claim of any kind whatsoever incurred by any party in connection with the release of the body.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:43. RSA 290:11. 1986, 22:4. 1999, 62:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:12 - By Whom.

    290:12 By Whom. –||Such transfer shall be made under the direction of a funeral director, next-of-kin as defined in RSA 290:16, IV, or designated agent under RSA 290:17, and the funeral director, funeral director's representative, next-of-kin, or designated agent shall leave with the institution from which or the person from whom such body is received, on forms supplied by the department of health and human services, the name of the funeral director, next-of-kin, or designated agent, the name of the person making the transfer, such person's address, the funeral director's license number or the address of the next-of-kin, or designated agent, and the date and hour such body was delivered.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:44. RSA 290:12. 1983, 291:1. 1995, 310:181. 1999, 62:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:13 - To Another Town.

    290:13 To Another Town. –||Any body for which a burial or removal permit has been secured, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, may be taken through or into another town for funeral services without additional permits.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:45.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:14 - Penalty.

    290:14 Penalty. –||Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of RSA 290 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:58. RSA 290:14. 1973, 528:187, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:15 - Order for Disinterment.

    290:15 Order for Disinterment. –||A justice, upon complaint made on oath by any person that he has reasonable ground for suspecting that a deceased person who has been interred came to his death by some unlawful means, may issue his warrant, requiring that the body shall be disinterred and examined, and may summon and examine witnesses in relation to the truth of such complaint.|||Source. RS 222:14. CS 237:14. GS 237:7. GL 255:7. PS 251:7. PL 365:7. RL 424:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:16 - Definitions.

    290:16 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "At-need funeral arrangements" means funeral arrangements made after death.||II. "Custody and control" means the right to make all decisions, consistent with applicable laws, regarding the handling of a dead body, including but not limited to possession, at-need funeral arrangements, final disposition, and disinterment.||III. "Estranged" means living in separate residences and having a relationship characterized by hostility or indifference.||IV. "Next-of-kin" means a person having the following relationship to the subject, in the following order of priority:||(a) The spouse.||(b) An adult son or daughter.||(c) A parent.||(d) An adult brother or sister.||(e) An adult grandchild.||(f) An adult niece or nephew who is the child of a brother or sister.||(g) A maternal grandparent.||(h) A paternal grandparent.||(i) An adult aunt or uncle.||(j) An adult first cousin.||(k) Any other adult relative in descending order of blood relationship.||V. "Subject" means the person whose remains are placed in the custody and control of another person pursuant to this section.|||Source. 1996, 283:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:17 - Custody and Control Generally.

    290:17 Custody and Control Generally. –||The custody and control of the remains of deceased residents of this state are governed by the following provisions:||I. If the subject has designated a person to have custody and control in a written and signed document, custody and control belong to that person. The person designated by the subject shall be entitled to no compensation or reimbursement of expenses related to the custody and control of the subject's body.||I-a. If the subject has designated a person on a United States Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data (DD Form 93), custody and control belong to that person if the decedent died while serving in the United States armed forces and executed the DD Form 93, or its successor form.||II. If the subject has not left a written signed document designating a person to have custody and control, or if the person designated by the subject refuses custody and control, custody and control belong to the next of kin.||III. If the next of kin is 2 or more persons with the same relationship to the subject, the majority of the next of kin have custody and control. If the next of kin cannot, by majority vote, make a decision regarding the subject's remains, the court shall make the decision upon petition under RSA 290:19, IV.||IV. If the next of kin or person designated by the subject under paragraph I is missing and cannot be located using reasonable efforts, the missing person shall lose custody and control and custody and control shall pass to the next in order of priority.||V. If the next of kin holding custody and control will not cooperate with the funeral director in making arrangements, the next of kin shall lose custody and control after 3 days of noncooperation and custody and control shall pass to the next in order of priority.||VI. If the individual holding custody and control of the subject is arrested for criminally causing the death of the subject, custody and control shall pass to the next in order of priority.||VII. If no person is designated by the subject to have custody and control and no next of kin can be located using reasonable efforts, the funeral director holding custody of the body shall retain custody and control of the body for purposes of carrying out the disposition of the body.||VIII. A funeral director acting in good faith may rely upon representations made by individuals claiming to have custody and control of the subject.|||Source. 1996, 283:18. 1999, 62:10. 2011, 48:1. 2012, 16:1, eff. June 22, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:18 - Estranged Spouse.

    290:18 Estranged Spouse. –||Notwithstanding RSA 290:17, if the surviving spouse and the subject were estranged at the time of death, the spouse shall not have custody and control of the subject's remains. In this case, custody and control belong to the next of kin following the spouse.|||Source. 1996, 283:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:19 - Court Determination.

    290:19 Court Determination. –||Notwithstanding other provisions of this subdivision, the court of probate for the residence of the deceased may award custody and control to the person determined by the court most fit and appropriate to carry out the responsibilities of custody and control, and may make decisions regarding the subject's remains if those having custody and control cannot agree. The following provisions apply to court determinations under this section:||I. Before the subject's death, the subject or subject's legal representative may file a petition regarding custody and control of the subject's remains.||II. A relative of the subject may file such a petition.||III. A person who claims and establishes through evidence that person has or had a closer personal relationship to the subject than the next of kin may file a petition, if that person lived with the subject and was not in the employ of the subject or the subject's family.||IV. If the next of kin is 2 or more persons with the same relationship to the subject, and the next of kin cannot, by majority vote, make a decision regarding the subject's remains, 2 or more persons who have custody or control or a funeral director may file a petition asking the court to make a determination in the matter. The court shall consider the following in making its determination:||(a) The reasonableness and practicality of the proposed arrangement.||(b) The degree of the personal relationship between the subject and each of the 2 or more persons with custody and control.||(c) The desires of the person or persons who are ready, able and willing to pay the costs of the arrangements.||(d) The convenience and needs of other family and friends wishing to pay respects.||(e) The expressed written desires of the subject.||(f) The degree to which the arrangements would allow maximum participation by all wishing to pay respect.|||Source. 1996, 283:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:20 - Wishes of Subject.

    290:20 Wishes of Subject. –||If the subject has left written and signed instructions regarding funeral arrangements and disposal of the subject's remains, the person having custody and control shall abide by those wishes to the extent that the subject paid for those arrangements in advance or left resources for the purpose of carrying out those wishes.|||Source. 1996, 283:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:21 - Effect of Payment by Others.

    290:21 Effect of Payment by Others. –||Except to the degree it must be considered by the court under RSA 290:19, IV, the fact that a person other than the subject has paid or agreed to pay for all or part of arrangements does not give that person a greater right to custody and control than that person would otherwise have.|||Source. 1996, 283:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:22 - Authority of Personal Representative.

    290:22 Authority of Personal Representative. –||The personal representative of the estate of the subject does not, by virtue of being the personal representative, have a greater right to custody and control than the person would otherwise have.|||Source. 1996, 283:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:23 - Immunity.

    290:23 Immunity. –||A party who, in good faith, acts upon the instructions of the party having custody and control is not liable for having carried out those instructions.|||Source. 1996, 283:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 290:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 290 - Burials and Disinterments|Section 290:24 - Ownership of Cemetery Plots or Burial Spaces.

    290:24 Ownership of Cemetery Plots or Burial Spaces. –||The ownership of a cemetery plot or burial space, as defined under RSA 289:1, II, shall be governed by the following provisions:||I. If the deceased has designated a person to assume ownership of the cemetery lot or burial space in a written and signed document, ownership passes to that person, subject to the regulations established under RSA 289:2.||II. If the deceased has not designated a person to assume ownership of the cemetery lot or burial space in a written and signed document, ownership shall be determined under the provisions of RSA 561:1 and RSA 289:2.||III. Notwithstanding other provisions of this subdivision, when the ownership of a cemetery plot or burial space is unclear or in dispute, the court of probate for the residence of the deceased may, upon receipt of a petition filed by the next of kin or other interested party, render a determination regarding ownership of the cemetery plot or burial space in compliance with applicable law, including any regulations established by the municipality or cemetery trustees under RSA 289:2.|||Source. 2000, 95:2. 2001, 9:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 291:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 291 - Bodies for Scientific Study|Section 291:1 - Request for Body.

    291:1 Request for Body. –||It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of any county, the mayor and aldermen of any city, the overseers of the poor of any town, the warden of the state prison and the keeper of any jail in the state, upon previous request in writing by any physician or surgeon of this state (preference being given to instructors in medical schools established by law), to notify such physician or surgeon whenever the body of any person dying in their county, city, town, or in the state prison or a jail, required to be buried at the public expense, comes into their possession, charge or control, and to give permission to such physician or surgeon to take such body to be by him used within the state for the advancement of anatomical and medical science.|||Source. 1869, 40:1. GL 134:1. PS 136:1. 1897, 28:1. PL 212:1. RL 258:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 291:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 291 - Bodies for Scientific Study|Section 291:2 - Bond.

    291:2 Bond. –||Every person before receiving any such body shall give to the officers surrendering it a sufficient bond that it shall be used only in the state for the promotion of science, and in such manner as not to outrage or annoy the public; and that after the use allowed by law the remains shall be decently buried.|||Source. 1869, 40:2. GL 134:2. PS 136:2. PL 212:2. RL 258:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 291:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 291 - Bodies for Scientific Study|Section 291:3 - Not Surrendered, When.

    291:3 Not Surrendered, When. –||No such notice need be given, nor shall any such body be surrendered, if any person or persons shall claim it within 36 hours after death, and take it away and bury it without expense to the town or county otherwise liable for the same; nor shall such notice be given or the body be delivered if such deceased person was a stranger or traveler who died suddenly, in which case the body shall be buried, unless it shall clearly appear that said stranger or traveler was a professional tramp going from place to place subsisting upon charity, in which case said body shall be disposed of in accordance with RSA 291:1; nor shall such notice be given or the body be delivered if such deceased person has served in the army or navy of the United States, and has been actually called into service in time of war and honorably discharged from said service.|||Source. 1869, 40:3. GL 134:3. PS 136:3. 1897, 28:1. 1899, 10:1. PL 212:3. RL 258:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 291:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 291 - Bodies for Scientific Study|Section 291:4 - Penalty.

    291:4 Penalty. –||Any person, upon whom duties are imposed by the provisions of this chapter, who shall neglect, refuse or omit to perform the same as hereby required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. PS 136:4. 1897, 28:1. PL 212:4. RL 258:4. RSA 291:4. 1973, 529:60, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 291-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 291-A - Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 291-A:1 - Short Title.

    291-A:1 Short Title. –||This chapter may be cited as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.|||Source. 2010, 111:1, eff. July 31, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 291-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 291-A - Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 291-A:3 - Applicability.

    291-A:3 Applicability. –||This chapter applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.|||Source. 2010, 111:1, eff. July 31, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 291-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies|Title 291-A - Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 291-A:4 - Who May Make Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death.

    291-A:4 Who May Make Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death. –||Subject to RSA 291-A:8, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in RSA 291-A:5 by:||I. The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:||(a) Emancipated; or||(b) Authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license or identification card;||II. An agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;||III. A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or||IV. The donor's guardian.|||Source. 2010, 111:1, eff. July 31, 2010.|