Title 13 PUBLIC SERVICES
Chapter 13.28 CEMETERIES
13.28.100 Reopening grave for disinterment--Permits.
Fees for permits for reopening graves and disinterment for the city shall
be as follows:
A. Any person desiring to reopen any grave in the
cemetery to disinter or remove a body therefrom shall first comply with all
pertinent laws of the state and regulations of the State Board of Health and
second, a permit from the city clerk upon proper application and payment of the
fee required by Section 13.28.090 of this chapter. The application and permit
shall set forth the number of the lot, block and addition on which the grave is
situated and the name of the person buried, the time of such burial and the
place where such body is to be reburied.
B. The reopening of such grave
and removal of such body shall be under the supervision of the cemetery sexton
who upon completion of the work shall cause a return of the permit to the city
clerk.
C. An order of the district court, or the judge thereof in
vacation, for the exhumation of the body of a deceased person shall be of
sufficient application for a permit hereunder, the cost of such exhumation shall
be a claim against the county commissioners as provided by law. (Prior code
§ 19-207)
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