I. A clerk of a town or city or a funeral director shall provide the following information for a burial permit:
(a) The full name of the deceased.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 5-C:67

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4

(b) The date of death.
(c) The city or town, county, and state of death.
(d) The sex, date of birth, and age of the deceased.
(e) The method, date and place of initial and final disposition, such as, a cemetery or crematory.
(f) The name of the funeral home.
(g) The city or town of the funeral home.
(h) The date that the burial permit is issued.
(i) The lot number, section, and grave number.
(j) If stored, the name of the storage vault; the date of storage; the location of the vault, by city or town and state; the signature of the cemetery sexton or person in charge of the storage vault or, if none, the funeral director; and, the date that the body or cremains are released from the storage vault.
(k) The signature of the cemetery sexton or person in charge of the cemetery or crematory or, if none, the funeral director.
(l) The signature of the city or town board of health official, the city or town local health officer, or the funeral director.
II. Upon receipt of the completed death record, the division shall issue a burial permit or emergency burial permit in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 290:3, N.H. Rev. Stat. § 290:3-a, N.H. Rev. Stat. § 290:3-b, N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5-C:68 and N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5-C:69.