Ind. Code § 23-14-54-1

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 23-14-54-1 - Time period for disposition

Subject to the rights of transportation and removal of dead human bodies or other disposition of dead human bodies, as provided by law, the remains of all individuals who die in Indiana or are shipped into Indiana shall be deposited:

(1) in the earth in an established cemetery;

(2) in a mausoleum;

(3) in a garden crypt; or

(4) in a columbarium;

within a reasonable time after death, except as ordered by the Indiana department of health.

IC 23-14-54-1

Amended by P.L. 56-2023,SEC. 210, eff. 7/1/2023.

As added by P.L. 52-1997, SEC.28.