Nevada Code § 451.700

Disposition of cremated remains: Restrictions on manner and location
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2 or authorized by the agent who ordered the cremation, no person
may:
(a) Scatter cremated remains in such a manner or
location that the remains are commingled with those of another person; or
(b) Place the cremated remains of more than one
person in the same urn unless the persons are friends or members of the same
family and the urn is designed for the remains of more than one person.
2. Cremated remains may be scattered at
sea or over a public waterway, or by air, from individual closed vessels, or
scattered in an area of a dedicated cemetery from which there is no means of
location or recovery and which is used exclusively for this purpose.
3. Cremated remains may be disposed of in
any manner upon private property if the agent who ordered the cremation so
directs and the owner of the property consents in writing.
4. Cremated remains for disposition
pursuant to subsection 2 or 3, except soil resulting from natural organic
reduction, must be, and any other cremated remains may be, reduced to particles
no larger than 1/8 of an inch.

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