{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-114-48","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, § 48","heading":"Cremation; certificates for burial","body":"Section 48. An undertaker shall not bury the ashes of a human body until he has received from the person having the charge of the crematory a certificate that the burial permit and the certificate of the medical examiner prerequisite to the cremating of said body have been duly presented.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 114"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter114/Section48","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:54Z","sha256":"ad05e2c8c3cf3fe58f472c9e91590ae9bf466e4ed7a31747177f52e873edab45","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-114-47","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-114-49"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}