§ 38-50. Disturbing graves; disinterments.

(a)

Where evidence of a grave exists, either in the records of the cemetery or by sounding, a rightful burial by permission of the lot owner shall be presumed, and the body shall not be moved. Removal may be allowed only when proof is tendered that the person requesting removal is the next of kin and has the right of removal. A copy of this proof must be tendered to the sexton at the time of removal with payment therefor, and the city shall be supplied by the person requesting removal with a statement of indemnity by the person releasing the city from liability by the performance of the removal.

(b)

No person shall exhume a dead body at the cemetery without a permit as required by law.

(c)

The opening of a grave in the cemetery and the interring in the grave of an additional body is forbidden.

(Code 1977, § 10-2078)

Disinterment of dead bodies, O.C.G.A. § 31-21-42 et seq.