N.Y. General Business Law § 750-t: Disposal in compliance with forms

§ 750-t. Disposal in compliance with forms. A pet cemetery owner shall

dispose of a pet in compliance with a pet disposal form completed by a

pet owner or veterinarian. If such pet is disposed of, either by

individual cremation or individual burial, the pet cemetery owner shall

within ten days of such disposal send or give a written confirmation of

such disposal to the pet owner or veterinarian, depending on

instructions in pet disposal form, and, shall attest to the method,

date, and place of disposal. If a pet is disposed of either through mass

cremation or mass burial, no written confirmation shall be required.

Copies of all forms shall be retained for a period of two years after

receipt. All pet remains shall be buried at least twelve inches below

the surface of the ground or in accordance with section three hundred

seventy-seven of the agriculture and markets law in the case of a large

domestic animal or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner.