{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-6-23","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:6-23","heading":"Transportation of certain bodies in sealed casket;  license","body":"No person shall convey or aid in conveying to a common carrier to be transported across or within this state, nor shall a common carrier accept for transportation or transport across or within this state, the dead body of a person who has died of smallpox, Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever or  bubonic plague, unless the body is inclosed in a hermetically sealed casket and  a license for such transportation has been first obtained in writing from the  state department.","path":["TITLE 26 HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"8d21c3917649453f1fb3026a99974553865d06ba227bfd90278ab45a4aa65024","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-6-22","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-6-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}