GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 312
SENATE BILL 651

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION OF A DEAD BODY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. Chapter 90 is amended by adding the following new section to read:
"G.S. 90-210.29A.  Identification of bodies before burial or cremation.
The funeral director or person otherwise responsible for the final disposition of a dead body shall, prior to the interment or entombment of the dead body, affix on the ankle or wrist of the dead body, or, if cremated, on the inside of the vessel containing the remains of the dead body, a tag of durable, noncorroding material permanently marked with the name of the deceased, the date of death, the social security number of the deceased, the county and state of death, and the site of interment or entombment."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1995. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 1995.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives