Law Access Guidelines

To Access New York State Laws

GO TO: www.nyassembly.gov
Click on Bill Search & Legislative Info.
Click on Laws directly below to see the Consolidated Laws page.

CNT- County
  • Article 17a
    • Sec. 673 - Deaths concerning which a coroner, coroner and coroner's physician or medical examiner has jurisdiction to investigate
    • Sec. 678 - Disposition of money or property found on deceased
GBS- General Business Law
  • Article 22A
    • Sec 349 - Deceptive acts and practices unlawful
  • Article 28A
    • Sec 450 - Unlawful acts relating to sales of cemetery property
    • Sec 452 - Unauthorized charges in connection with permits for burials or erection of monuments
    • Sec 453 - Moneys paid in connection with agreements for funeral merchandise or services in advance of need to be kept on deposit pending use or repayment
    • Sec 454 - Sale of monuments and memorials
GMU- General Municipal Law
  • Article 7A sec 148 - Burial of members of the armed forces of the United States and their families; headstones
ISC- Insurance Law
  • Article 32 Sec 3208 (d) (1) (2) (3) - Antedating of life insurance policies and burial agreements prohibited
NPC- Not for Profit Corporation
  • Article 14 Sec 1401 - Private and family cemetery corporations
  • Article 15 Sec 1510 - Cemetery duties
PBH- Public Health
  • Article 1- Title 2
    • Sec. 12, 12a, 12b, 12c – Violations of health laws or regulations; penalties and injunctions
  • Article 2-Title 1
    • Sec. 206 2, 4 (a) (b) (c) 8 – Commissioner; general powers and duties
  • Article 2-Title 2
    • Sec. 228 – Sanitary code; application
    • Sec. 229 – Sanitary code; violation; penalties
Article 34 – Funeral Directing
  • Title 1-3400-3404 – General Provisions
  • Title 2-3420-3429 – Licensing and Registration
  • Title 3-3440-3444 – Practice of Funeral Directing; Funeral Establishments
  • Title 4-3450-3457 – Enforcement and Discipline; Violations and Penalties
Article 41 – Vital Statistics
  • Title 1-4100-4104 – General Provisions
  • Title 2-4120-4124 – Registration Districts: Registrars, Physicians, Midwives and Funeral Directors
  • Title 4-4120-4148 – Registration of Deaths: Burial Permits
  • Title 5-4160-4163 – Registration of Fetal Deaths
  • Title 7-4170-4176 – Vital Statistics Records
Article 42 - Cadavers
  • Title 1-4200-4203 - Disposition
  • Title 2-4209-4222 – Autopsy and Dissection
Article 43
  • 4300-4310 – Anatomical Gifts
RCO- Religious Corporation
  • Article 2
    • Sec 8 – Lot owners' rights
    • Sec 9 – Removal of human remains from one cemetery of a religious corporation to another cemetery owned by it
SOS- Social Services
  • Article 3
    • Title 6 Sec 105 – Claim on insurance
  • Article 5
    • Title 1 Sec 141 – Burial of the dead
    • Title 6 Sec 209-6(a) (b) (c) (d) – Irrevocable trust funds
TAX- Tax Law Part III
  • Article 28
    • Part 3 Sec 1115 (a) – Exemptions from sales and use taxes
    • (7) - Property
WKC- Workers Compensation
  • Article 2
    • Sec 16 – Death Benefits

Public Health Regulations

Click the links below or go to: https://regs.health.ny.gov, type the Part and number in the search field under Title 10 and have the site search for you.

Sanitary Code Part 1 General Provisions Sec 1.11 (Definitions)
Part 2 Communicable Diseases Sec. 2.1 (Designation of Cases), 2.53 (Cleansing, renovation or disinfection, when required), 2.54 (Duties of undertakers)
Part 13 Transportation of Dead Bodies Sec. 13.1 (Common carrier),13.2 (Other than common carrier), 13.3 (disinterments)
Part 16 Ionizing Radiation Sec 16.9 (Professional practitioners and related provisions)
Part 37 Handling of Bodies of Persons Dying on Common Carriers Sec. 37.1 (Removal of body), 37.2 (Investigation of death; preparation of death certificate), 37.3 (registration district), 37.4 (burial or transit permit)
Sanitary Code Part 77 Sub Chapter J - Practice of Funeral Directing
Part 78 Statement to be furnished by every person licensed pursuant to Article 34 of the Public Health Law
Part 79 Price Information