Burial-transit permit
Also called: Disposition permit
The county-issued permit that authorizes moving the body and completing burial, cremation, or other disposition. Required in every US state.
The burial-transit permit is issued by the county vital records office (or equivalent), usually at the same time as the death certificate is filed. Without it, the crematory cannot legally cremate the body and the cemetery cannot legally bury it.
Funeral homes handle the permit as part of their basic services fee. Families doing a home funeral file for the permit themselves at the county office. Either way, the permit is given to whoever takes physical custody of the body for final disposition.
- Death certificate— The official government document recording the death. Required for almost everything that comes after — bank accounts, insurance, Social Security, probate, transferring property.
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