451.420 - Committee to receive notice of death for unclaimed indigent person; limitations on delivery of bodies to Committee. - Nevada Statutes

451.420  Committee to receive notice of death for unclaimed indigent person; limitations on delivery of bodies to Committee.

      1.  Notice of death must be given to the Committee in all cases of unclaimed indigent persons.

      2.  If any relative, by blood or marriage, claims the body for burial at the expense of the relative, the body must not be delivered to the Committee, but must be surrendered to the claimant for interment.

      3.  No such body may be delivered to the Committee if any friend of the deceased, any representative of a fraternal society of which the deceased was a member, any representative of a veterans’ organization recognized by the Executive Director for Veterans’ Services, or any representative of any charitable or religious organization claims the body for burial at its expense.

      4.  If the deceased person was an honorably discharged member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the State, the body must not be delivered to the Committee, but must be buried in accordance with the provisions of the existing laws. If a veterans’ organization claims the body of a deceased veteran pursuant to subsection 3, the veterans’ organization must provide a military funeral.

      (Added to NRS by 1963, 532; A 2003, 385)