Title 40

NRS 440.370 Signature required on statement of facts concerning disposition of body. The statement of facts relating to the disposition of the body must be signed by the funeral director or person acting as undertaker or by an authorized representative of the crematory if the bod…

NRS 440.380 Medical certificate of death: Signature; contents. 1. The medical certificate of death must be signed by the physician or advanced practice registered nurse, if any, last in attendance on the deceased, or pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board, it may be signed …

NRS 440.390 Presentation of certificate of stillbirth. The certificate of stillbirth must be presented by the funeral director or person acting as undertaker to the physician or advanced practice registered nurse in attendance at the stillbirth, for the certificate of the fact of…

NRS 440.400 Effect of using indefinite or unsatisfactory terms on certificate. Indefinite and unsatisfactory terms, indicating only symptoms of disease or conditions resulting from disease, will not be held sufficient for issuing a burial or removal permit. Any certificate contai…

NRS 440.410 Manner of defining cause of death. Causes of death, which may be the result of either disease or violence, shall be carefully defined; and if from violence, the means of injury shall be stated, and whether (probably) accidental, suicidal or homicidal. [Part 7:199:1911…

NRS 440.415 Pronouncement of death by registered nurse or physician assistant: Conditions; release of body; regulations. 1. A physician who anticipates the death of a patient because of an illness, infirmity or disease may authorize a specific registered nurse or physician assist…

NRS 440.420 Duties of funeral director, health officer, coroner and coroner’s deputy when death occurs without medical attendance. 1. In case of any death occurring without medical attendance, the funeral director shall notify the local health officer, coroner or coroner’s deputy…

NRS 440.430 Duties of coroner. 1. Any coroner whose duty it is to hold an inquest on the body of any deceased person, and to make the certificate of death required for a burial permit, shall state in the coroner’s certificate the name of the disease causing death, or, if from ext…

NRS 440.433 Notice to parents or guardian of autopsy upon body of minor; placement of internal organs. 1. When an autopsy is performed upon the body of a minor, the person who orders the autopsy shall make a diligent effort to give the parents or guardian of the minor notice of t…

NRS 440.435 Death caused by sudden infant death syndrome: Ordinance may authorize postmortem examination; duties of coroner. 1. The board of county commissioners of any county may provide by ordinance that in all cases where the cause or suspected cause of a death is sudden infan…

NRS 440.437 Death caused by sudden infant death syndrome: Report by State Registrar. The State Registrar shall annually publish a report specifying the number of postmortem examinations performed, pursuant to NRS 440.435, where the cause or suspected cause of death was sudden inf…

NRS 440.440 Duties of funeral director and sheriff upon death of unknown person. 1. In any case of a death occurring to anyone whose identity is unknown, before burying the body the funeral director shall annex to the certificate of death a certificate from the sheriff that the s…

NRS 440.450 Prerequisites to disposal of body. The funeral director or person acting as undertaker is responsible for obtaining and filing the certificate of death with the local health officer, or his or her deputy, in the registration district in which the death occurred, and f…

NRS 440.460 Personal and statistical information. The funeral director or person acting as undertaker shall obtain the personal and statistical particulars required from the person best qualified to supply them, over the signature and address of his or her informant. [Part 9:199:…

NRS 440.470 Presentation of certificate of death. The funeral director or person acting as undertaker shall present the certificate to the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse, if any, or to the health officer or coroner, for the medical certificate…

NRS 440.480 Statement as to disposition of body. The funeral director or person acting as undertaker shall state the facts required relative to the date and place of burial over his or her signature and with his or her address. [Part 9:199:1911; RL § 2960; NCL § 5243]—(NRS A 1983…

NRS 440.490 Presentation of completed certificate of death to local registrar. The funeral director or person acting as undertaker shall present the completed certificate of death to the local registrar within 72 hours after the occurrence or discovery of the death. If a case is …

NRS 440.495 Notification of county clerk or registrar of voters. Upon presentation of a completed certificate of death, the county health officer shall send a certified copy of the certificate of death or a certified list of any person who, at the time of death was 17 years of ag…

NRS 440.500 Burial and removal permits: Issuance; contents; death from infectious, contagious or communicable disease. 1. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3, if a certificate of death is properly executed and complete, the local health officer shall then issue a burial or …

NRS 440.510 Contents of burial permit. If the interment or other disposition of the body is to be made within the State, the wording of the burial permit may be limited to a statement by the local health officer and over his or her signature that a satisfactory certificate of dea…

NRS 440.520 Disposition of burial or removal permit. The funeral director shall: 1. Deliver the burial permit to the sexton or person in charge of the place of burial, before interring or otherwise disposing of the body. 2. Attach the removal permit to the box containing the body…

NRS 440.530 Burial permit to accompany body. The permit shall accompany the body to its destination, where, if within the State of Nevada, it shall be delivered to the sexton or to any other person in charge of the place of burial. [Part 9:199:1911; RL § 2960; NCL § 5243]

NRS 440.540 Necessity for permit to inter more than 72 hours after death; removal of body to another registration district. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, the body of any person whose death occurs in this state shall not be interred, deposited in a vault or tomb, cremated…

NRS 440.550 Body transported from another state. When a dead body is transported by a common carrier into a local health district in Nevada for burial, the transit and removal permit, issued in accordance with the law and health regulations of the place where the death occurred, …

NRS 440.560 Interment without burial permit prohibited. No sexton or other person in charge of any premises in which interments are made shall inter or permit the interment or other disposition of any body unless it is accompanied by a burial, removal or transit permit as provide…

NRS 440.570 Validity of burial permit in another district. A burial permit shall not be required from the local health officer of the district in which interment is made when a body is removed from one district in Nevada to another in this state for the purpose of burial or other…

NRS 440.580 Signature, endorsement and return of permit. Each sexton or person in charge of any burial ground shall endorse upon the permit the date of interment, over his or her signature, and shall return all permits so endorsed to the local health officer of his or her distric…

NRS 440.590 Records of interments. 1. Each sexton or person in charge of any burial ground shall keep a record of all interments made in the premises under his or her charge, stating: (a) The name of the deceased person. (b) The place of death. (c) The date of burial. (d) The nam…

NRS 440.595 Filing with State Registrar; duties of county recorder, certain county clerks and State Registrar. 1. A record of each marriage performed in this State must be filed with the State Registrar as provided in this section. 2. Each county recorder and each county clerk th…

NRS 440.600 County clerk required to report number of marriage licenses issued. On or before January 10 and July 10 of each year the county clerks of the several counties shall transmit to the State Registrar the number of marriage licenses issued by them during the preceding 6 m…

NRS 440.605 Reports to be filed by clerk of district court with State Registrar; fees. 1. For each divorce and annulment of marriage granted by any court in this state a report must be prepared and filed by the clerk of the district court with the State Registrar. The information…

NRS 440.610 Certificate as prima facie evidence. Each certificate, as provided for in this chapter, filed within 6 months after the time prescribed for their filing, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. Data pertaining to the parent who did not give birth to…

NRS 440.620 Proof required for filing of delayed certificate. The acceptance for filing of any certificate by the State Registrar more than 1 year after the time prescribed for its filing shall be subject to regulations in which the Board shall prescribe in detail the proofs to b…

NRS 440.630 Procedure for delayed or altered certificates. 1. Certificates accepted subsequent to 1 year after the time prescribed for filing and certificates which have been altered after being filed with the State Registrar shall contain the date of the delayed filing and the d…

NRS 440.640 Delayed or altered certificates as evidence. The admissibility in evidence of a “delayed” or “altered” certificate shall be subject to the discretion of the court, judicial or administrative body or official to whom any such certificate is offered as evidence. [44:199…

NRS 440.650 Issuance of certified copy of certificate; limitation; notification concerning documents missing from application. 1. Upon request, the State Registrar shall furnish any applicant a certified copy of the record of any birth or death registered under the provisions of …

NRS 440.660 Certified copy of record of birth or death is prima facie evidence. Any copy of the record of a birth or death when properly certified by the State Registrar to be a true copy thereof shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated. …

NRS 440.670 Abstracted birth certificate: Issuance; contents; form; use as evidence. 1. Upon request, the State Registrar shall supply to any applicant a certificate reciting the birth date, sex, race and birthplace of any person whose birth is registered under the provisions of …

NRS 440.690 Receipt of fees: Accounting; deposit; refunding overpayments; use of certain proceeds. 1. The State Registrar shall keep a true and correct account of all fees received under this chapter. 2. The money collected pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 440.700 must be remitted…

NRS 440.700 Fees for services and copies of certificates; certificates available without fee to certain persons. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the State Registrar shall charge and collect a fee in an amount established by the State Registrar by regulation: (a) …

NRS 440.710 Salary or fee of deputy registrar; local health officer prohibited from charging fee for issuance of burial or removal permit. 1. In counties where deputy registrars are appointed, the board of county commissioners shall allow them a monthly salary or the sum of $1 fo…

NRS 440.715 Fee for support of office of county coroner. 1. If a board of county commissioners creates an account for the support of the county coroner pursuant to NRS 259.025, a district health officer who provides a certified copy of a record of death originating in that county…

NRS 440.720 Neglect or refusal of physician or advanced practice registered nurse to execute medical certificate of death. Any physician or advanced practice registered nurse who was in medical attendance upon any deceased person at the time of death who neglects or refuses to ma…

NRS 440.730 False certification of cause of death by physician or advanced practice registered nurse. If any physician or advanced practice registered nurse knowingly makes a false certification of the cause of death in any case, the physician or advanced practice registered nurs…

NRS 440.735 Affixing of signature to uncompleted certificate of death. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for any person to affix his or her signature to an uncompleted death certificate. 2. A physician, advanced practice registered nurse, health offi…

NRS 440.740 Failure or refusal to file certificate of birth with local health officer. Any physician or midwife in attendance upon a case of confinement or any person charged with responsibility for reporting births who neglects or refuses to file a proper certificate of birth wi…