{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40a-9-49","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-49","heading":"Payment for burial of unidentified, unclaimed bodies.","body":"Pursuant to section 22 of P.L.2003, c.261 (C.45:27-22), the county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, upon taking charge of unidentified or unclaimed dead bodies, shall make burial arrangements.  If the decedent left an ascertainable estate able to pay for the burial, the cost thereof certified by the official in charge shall be payable out of such estate.  If the decedent left no ascertainable estate able to pay for the burial, the cost of burial shall be borne:\na.\tif the decedent was an adult or emancipated child with surviving spouse, by the surviving spouse,\nb.\tif the decedent was an unemancipated child with a surviving parent, by the surviving parent, or\nc.\tif there is no surviving spouse or parent, as applicable, by the county.\namended 1985, c.438; 2018, c.62, s.40.","path":["TITLE 40A MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES"],"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":"d3a3e05ade678a4315f8554dca9bacc6fcb6c33b8af8d0e59b3e2b29bd5d6e3d","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40a-9-48","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40a-9-49.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}