Delaware Code

16 Del. C. § 3157 (2026)

Cremation or natural organic reduction; prohibited except in licensed crematory or natural organic reduction facility [For application of this section, see 84 Del. Laws, c. 261, § 16]

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A person may not destroy or dispose of by burning or natural organic reduction the body of an individual dead from any cause, except in a crematory or natural organic reduction facility licensed for this express purpose and under the conditions provided in §§ 3158 through 3164 of this title.

25 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  927 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  1427 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  15;  Code 1915, §  818;  Code 1935, §  801;  44 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3160;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  184 Del. Laws, c. 261, § 3