Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 54-1120 (2026)

Receiving body for transportation outside state without permit prohibited — Cremation and removal of human remains. 

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Receiving body for transportation outside state without permit prohibited — Cremation and removal of human remains. 

It shall be unlawful for any public transportation agent of any public transportation facility to receive a dead human body for shipment or transportation by any means of transportation or conveyance to or from any point in this state, or to a point outside this state, unless said embalmed human body is accompanied by a permit for final disposition signed by the individual authorized by law to certify the cause of death. Human remains shall not be delivered to a crematory or removed from the casket or other container without the written consent of the person giving the consent to the cremation of the body.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1964–1964 · leading case: Messerli v. Monarch Memory Gardens, Inc., 397 P.2d 34 (Idaho 1964).
Messerli v. Monarch Memory Gardens, Inc., 397 P.2d 34 (Idaho 1964). · cites it 2× “§ 54-1117 through § 54-1120, and that such sections of the statute are constitutional.”
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