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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-14-30. Adoption of minimum standards by Secretary of State.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-14-30. Adoption of minimum standards by Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State, by rule, may adopt minimum standards for interment of human remains, including, without limitation, standards for depth of burial, composition of vaults, caskets, and other containers, siting and marking of burial lots, and minimum standards for construction of mausoleums and columbaria. In addition, the Secretary of State may, by rule, provide for the minimum standards for or prohibition of aboveground burial containers.

## History

Code 1981, § 10-14-30, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 882, § 1.