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Statutes > New-jersey > Title-26 > Section-26-7 > 26-7-18-126:7-18.1. Time lapse after death
No person shall cremate a dead human body unless at least 24 hours have elapsed from the time of death as recorded on the death certificate to the time of cremation.
L.1983, c. 385, s. 1.