Cemeteries

1. All cemeteries must be registered with the state department of health on forms provided by the department. 2. All cemeteries must be surveyed by a registered land surveyor prior to filing a plat of the cemetery with the recorder in the county in which the cemetery is located, as outlined in North Dakota Century Code section 43-19.1-30. 3. No body can be accepted for burial without a burial permit issued by the registrar where the death occurred. 4. The sexton or other person making burial must endorse on the burial permit the time and place of burial, and file the permit with the registrar having jurisdiction over the territory where the burial was made. 5. Sextons must keep permanent records of every burial or disinterment. The following items of record are required: a. Full name of deceased. b. Age at death and sex. c. Date and place of death. d. Date of burial. e. Place of burial, block, lot, and grave. f. Number of burial permit. g. Name and address of funeral practitioner. 6. All cemetery authorities must make such reports at such time as the state department of health may from time to time direct. 7. The state department of health has recommended a standard uniform record book for cemetery records. It may be obtained from the larger printing concerns in the state.