Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:6-35

  • district: means the district established by law for the registration of vital events. See New Jersey Statutes 26:6-1
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • registrar: means the local registrar of vital statistics. See New Jersey Statutes 26:6-1
The funeral director when burying a body in a cemetery or burial ground having no person in charge shall sign the burial or removal permit, or transit permit, giving the date of burial, and shall write across the face of the permit or transit permit the words, “No person in charge,” and file the permit or transit permit within 10 days with the registrar of the district in which the place of burial is located.

Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 21.