{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-4-118","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 44:4-118","heading":"Burial of poor","body":"When a person shall die in a county without leaving money or other means sufficient to defray his funeral expenses, the director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall employ some person to provide for and superintend the burial of the deceased person and contract with a cemetery association to provide a place for the burial, and the necessary and reasonable  expenses as fixed by the governing body chargeable with the expense shall be  paid by it upon the order of the county welfare board.","path":["TITLE 44 POOR"],"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":"81adcf4aa27a6167dca252852973431fe088894ac1cb11cee2b35953668a3681","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-4-117","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-4-119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}