§ 8.40.030. Removal and interment of dead bodies.  


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  • It is unlawful for any person to deposit in any cemetery in the city the body of any human being who has died in said city, or to remove the same from within the limits of the city, without first having obtained and filed with the Health Officer a certificate signed by a regularly licensed physician or coroner, setting forth as nearly as possible the name, age, color, place of birth, occupation, location and cause of death of the deceased, and having also obtained from the Health Officer a permit in writing for such burial or other purpose; or for any person to transport in or through the streets of the city the body of any human being who has died within the limits of the city, or any body or remains of a deceased person exhumed or taken from any grave, unless the person so transporting such body or remains shall first obtain from the Health Officer a permit in writing therefor, which shall accompany the body or remains.

    The Health Officer shall collect the sum of one dollar ($1.00) for any permit issued pursuant to this section.

(Prior code § 4-7.03)