Sec. 7-64. Disposal of bodies.
Sec. 7-64. Disposal of bodies. The body of each person who dies in this state shall
be buried, removed or cremated within a reasonable time after death. The person to
whom the custody and control of the remains of any deceased person are granted by
law shall see that the certificate of death required by law has been completed and filed
in accordance with section 7-62b prior to final disposition of the body. An authorization
for final disposition issued under the law of another state which accompanies a dead
body or fetus brought into this state shall be authority for final disposition of the body
or fetus in this state. The final disposition of a cremated body shall be recorded as the
crematory. The provisions of this section shall not in any way impair the authority of
directors of health in cases of death resulting from communicable diseases, nor conflict
with any statutes regulating the delivery of bodies to any medical school, nor prevent
the placing of any body temporarily in the receiving vault of any cemetery. The placing
of any body in a family vault or tomb within any cemetery shall be deemed a burial
under the provisions of this section. Any person who violates any provision of this
section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than
five years.
(1949 Rev., S. 590; P.A. 79-434, S. 8; P.A. 04-255, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 79-434 made it clear that death certificate must be filed before disposition of body and added provision
concerning dispositions of bodies brought in from other states; P.A. 04-255 added specification that final disposition of a
cremated body be recorded as the crematory.
See chapter 368i re anatomical donations.
See chapter 368j re cemeteries.
See chapter 368k re crematories.
See chapter 385 re embalmers and funeral directors.
See Sec. 19a-41 re regulations specifying methods of reporting, recording, issuing, maintaining, indexing, correcting
and amending vital records and statistics.
See Sec. 19a-504 re removal of bodies from presence of patients in hospitals, rest homes, etc.
See Secs. 53-331 to 53-334, inclusive, re penalties for unlawful embalming, burial and disinterment practices.
Affords no basis for civil liability for funeral expenses. 137 C. 450.