TITLE XXVI
CEMETERIES; BURIALS; DEAD BODIES

CHAPTER 290
BURIALS AND DISINTERMENTS

Custody of Remains of Deceased Persons

Section 290:20

    290:20 Wishes of Subject. – If the subject has left written and signed instructions regarding funeral arrangements and disposal of the subject's remains, the person having custody and control shall abide by those wishes to the extent that the subject paid for those arrangements in advance or left resources for the purpose of carrying out those wishes.

Source. 1996, 283:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.