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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 451; in 1970, chapter 699; in 1979, chapter 711.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79746,"section_number":"32.1-266","catch_line":"Extending time for filing death certificates and obtaining out-of-state transit permits","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-266\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":204249,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58218,"identifier":"32.1-265","token":"32.1\/7\/4\/32.1-265","url":"\/32.1-265\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-265\/","token":"32.1\/7\/4\/32.1-265","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transit permits; permits for disinterment and reinterment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-265","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The funeral director or other person<\/span> who first assumes custody<\/span> of a dead body<\/span> or fetus shall obtain an out-of-state transit permit prior to removal from the Commonwealth of the body or fetus. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Such out-of-state transit permit shall be issued by the registrar of the district where a satisfactorily completed certificate of death or fetal death<\/span> was filed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> A transit permit issued under the law<\/span> of another state which accompanies a dead body<\/span> or fetus brought into this Commonwealth shall be authority for final disposition<\/span> of the body or fetus in this Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> No permit shall be required where disposal of dead bodies or fetuses for deaths or fetal deaths<\/span> which have occurred in this Commonwealth is to be made in this Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> A permit for disinterment and reinterment shall be required prior to disinterment of a dead body<\/span> or fetus except as authorized by regulation of the Board<\/span> or otherwise provided by law<\/span>. Such permit shall be issued by the State Registrar or the registrar of the county or city where the body or fetus is interred to a licensed funeral director. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSIT PERMITS; PERMITS FOR DISINTERMENT AND REINTERMENT (\u00a7 32.1-265)\n\nA. The funeral director or other person who first assumes custody of a dead body\nor fetus shall obtain an out-of-state transit permit prior to removal from the\nCommonwealth of the body or fetus.\n\nB. Such out-of-state transit permit shall be issued by the registrar of the\ndistrict where a satisfactorily completed certificate of death or fetal death\nwas filed.\n\nC. A transit permit issued under the law of another state which accompanies a\ndead body or fetus brought into this Commonwealth shall be authority for final\ndisposition of the body or fetus in this Commonwealth.\n\nD. No permit shall be required where disposal of dead bodies or fetuses for\ndeaths or fetal deaths which have occurred in this Commonwealth is to be made in\nthis Commonwealth.\n\nE. A permit for disinterment and reinterment shall be required prior to\ndisinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by regulation of the\nBoard or otherwise provided by law. Such permit shall be issued by the State\nRegistrar or the registrar of the county or city where the body or fetus is\ninterred to a licensed funeral director.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-353.22; 1960, c. 451; 1970, c. 699; 1979, c. 711.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}