Any person who cremates any dead human body without first having received a permit for burial or other final disposition issued according to the laws or regulations of this or any other State shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 26:7-16
Burial permit
L.1950, c. 256, p. 895, s. 6.
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