{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-43-122","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 43-122","heading":"Mode of burial.","body":"No body shall be buried in said District in any vault unless the coffin be separately entombed in properly cemented stone or brick work, so as to render such vault airtight; such vault, after having been sealed, shall not be opened within 10 years; no body shall be temporarily deposited in any vault for a longer period than 1 month, unless such body is in an hermetically sealed metallic case, nor in any instance for a longer period than 1 year.","path":["Title 43. Cemeteries and Crematories.","Chapter 1. Cemetery Associations; Regulatory Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/43-122","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"02ebe87400fa98464bcddf0dc92d0ca3b79b3c6411468cce2d39297bfc45159c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-43-121","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-43-123"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}