Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 25-15-2-7 (2026)
"Disposition"
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 7. "Disposition" means:
(1) interment of human remains in the earth in an established cemetery;
(2) interment of human remains in a mausoleum or columbarium;
(3) disposal of cremated human remains on the property of a consenting owner, on uninhabited public land, or on a waterway;
(4) burial of human remains at sea;
(5) delivery of human remains within the jurisdiction of the anatomical education program (IC 21-44-2) to a school, college, or physician entitled by law to receive the human remains for the promotion of science and art of medicine or dentistry; or
(6) other final disposal of human remains.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.238-1987, SEC.2; P.L.2-2007, SEC.320.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Planned Parenthood of Indiana & Kentucky, Inc. v. Comm'r, Indiana State Dep't of Health, 265 F. Supp. 3d 859 (S.D. Ind. 2017).
Planned Parenthood of Indiana & Kentucky, Inc. v. Comm'r, Indiana State Dep't of Health, 265 F. Supp. 3d 859 (S.D. Ind. 2017). “Ind. Code § 25-15-2-7 . State law also provides, with great specificity, details regarding burial, such as the minimum depth at which human remains must be buried, and proper ventilation if remains are placed in a mausoleum.”
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