N.J. Admin. Code § 5A:4-5.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 5A:4-5.3 - Operational requirements

(a) Disinterments will be supervised at the grave by the Cemetery Superintendent or his or her designated representative.

(b) Special care will be shown toward adjacent graves and headstones to avoid or minimize damage.

(c) Cemetery personnel will reopen the grave to one foot above the top of the casket or casket container. Cremated remains that are inurned may be fully uncovered.

(d) Cemetery personnel will not handle remains or otherwise participate in any other aspect of the disinterment operation of a full casket.

(e) A disinterment charge will be made to the family for the supervision of, and participation in, the disinterment operation, as follows:

1. Disinterment of a full casket: $ 500.00;

2. Disinterment of a buried urn: $ 200.00; and

3. Disinterment of an unburied urn: $ 100.00.

(f) The headstone or marker removed from the grave will not be shipped to the cemetery where the remains are to be reinterred. If the remains are to be buried at another cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration a new headstone will be ordered by the director of the receiving cemetery. There is no charge to the next of kin for the new government-furnished headstone/marker. The old marker will be disposed of in accordance with provisions outline by the Veterans' Administration.

N.J. Admin. Code § 5A:4-5.3

Adopted by 48 N.J.R. 2242(b), effective 11/7/2016