{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-6-5.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:6-5.1","heading":"Necessity of death certificate and burial or removal permit","body":"No person, without securing a proper death certificate and a burial or removal permit, shall:\na.  Remove a dead body from this State;  or\nb.  Bury or make other final disposition of such body in this State.\nAmended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 3.","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":"48db4c71d0147c9c251f759da2a84ead89d38885d810100e8638effa19f7a85e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-6-5","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-6-5.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}