{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-17-117","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 17-117","heading":"§ 17-117 Removal of bodies.","body":"a. It shall be the duty of the department upon receiving a certificate of death, made in accordance with its rules, to grant a permit for the removal from the city, of the body of the person described in such certificate if such body has not been buried.\n\nb. It may grant a permit for the removal of the remains of any person interred within the city to a place without the city, on the application of a relative or friend of such person, when there shall appear to be no just objection to the same.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 17","Chapter 1: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"620fb2ea20e02977997ad326df334aeadcb75c9f646e4f22e0f46d69040276ed","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-17-116","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-17-118"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}