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AR Code › Title 20 › Chapter 17 › Subchapter 9 › Section 20-17-902

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(a) It shall be unlawful to bury a dead body outside of a registered cemetery. (b) The sexton or person in charge of the cemetery shall keep a correct record on a form prescribed by the Department of Health of each body buried in the cemetery. Acts 1929, No. 204, § 3; Pope's Dig., § 6448; Acts 1985, No. 1014, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-403.

(a) It shall be unlawful to bury a dead body outside of a registered cemetery.

(b) The sexton or person in charge of the cemetery shall keep a correct record on a form prescribed by the Department of Health of each body buried in the cemetery.

Acts 1929, No. 204, § 3; Pope's Dig., § 6448; Acts 1985, No. 1014, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-403.

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