§ 10-7. Authority to order burial

The cemetery must recognize the proper authority to order a burial as follows:

(1) The following persons, in the following order of priority, may order the burial of human remains of a deceased person:

a. A person designated as the person with authority to order the burial of the human remains of the decedent in a legally valid document or in an affidavit executed in accordance with NRS 451.024(5);

b. The spouse of the decedent;

c. An adult son or daughter of the decedent;

d. Either parent of the decedent;

e. An adult brother or sister of the decedent;

f. A grandparent of the decedent;

g. A guardian of the person of the decedent at the time of death; and

h. A person who held the primary domicile of the decedent in joint tenancy with the decedent at the time of death.

(2) If the deceased person was an indigent or other person for whom the final disposition of the decedent's remains is a responsibility of Nye County or the State of Nevada, the appropriate public officer may order the burial of the remains and provide for the respectful disposition of the remains.

(3) If the deceased person donated his or her body for scientific research or, before his death, a medical facility was made responsible for his or her final disposition, a representative of the scientific institution or medical facility may order the burial of his or her remains.

(4) A living person may order the burial of human remains removed from his or her body or the burial of his or her body after death.

(5) A person 18 years of age or older wishing to authorize another person to order the burial of his or her remains in the event of death may execute an affidavit in accordance with NRS 451.024(5).

(Ord. No. 39, 2-23-2010)