Petition Aside

Decide if you will be present for the exhumation. You do not need to be present for the exhumation but you do need to make sure the proper officials are present. Moving a grave is a potential public health hazard, so you should make sure there is an environmental health officer present during the exhumation.

Burial laws differ from state to state. For most states, the answer is Yes, you can be buried on your property. Only three states have outlawed home burial. They are Indiana, California, and Washington.

You will need to contact the current cemetery and the new cemetery to coordinate plans for the transfer of the body. When having a body disinterred and moved, you may need to purchase a new casket for the transportation and reburial.

The original headstones are either saved and placed above the new graves or buried alongside the boxes. Cemetery relocations are not at all uncommon, since developers often need to clear out graveyards from valuable tracts of land.The final authority to move a cemetery generally comes from a town or city council.

To repatriate exhumed remains you will be required to provide an exhumation license application, a letter from the airline or shipping company that would be transporting the remains confirming their role in the repatriation, and a letter from the cemetery that the deceased will be reinterred in.

There are no laws that prohibit home burial, but you must check local zoning laws before establishing a home cemetery or burying on private land. It is also legally required to use a funeral director, even if you are burying on private land. Embalming is only required if a person died of a contagious disease.

What is the average cost to move a grave from one cemetery to a different cemetery? Wow, Chaz. That's quite the question. Short answer, you would be looking at anywhere from $8,000 $20,000, possibly more, depending on a variety of factors.

The Registered Owner of the Deed of Exclusive Right of Burial has the automatic right to be buried in the grave; they may also allow others to be buried in the grave (space permitting). They do not, however, own the land itself. The ownership of the cemetery land remains with the Council.

What happens when the lease expires, on a new grave for 50 or 75 years? When you buy a grave you purchase the rights of burial in that grave for a set period of time. If the lease is not renewed, the burial rights will run out. No further internments may then be allowed in the grave.