Burial after investigation; cost of opening and closing

grave. The county after proper investigation shall cause an unclaimed decedent to be decently interred or cremated. The cost to be paid by the county of opening and closing a grave shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), which sum shall be in addition to the sums enumerated in Section 24-13-3 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1939, ch. 224, § 4; 1941 Comp., § 73-207; 1953 Comp., § 13-2-7; Laws 1957, ch. 123, § 2; 1978 Comp., § 24-13-4; 1997, ch. 116, § 1; 1999, ch. 241, § 7; 2023, ch. 162, § 11.