Series 28326
Levan (Utah) Cemetery burial-transit permits
Dates: 1953-
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
This series contains records allowing the transport and burial or disposal of human remains. These permits were issued by the state where the individual died and state law required that the cemetery sexton receive such a permit prior to allowing "burial or other disposition of a human body". The sexton was directed to retain these permits. Most of the earlier permits in this series were issued by the Utah State Division of Vital Statistics, but some were issued by other states. In 1977 the law changed so that permits were only required if remains were being transported into or out of the state (Laws of Utah,1977, Ch.105, Sections 4 and 5), so beginning in 1978 there are only permits for individuals who died outside of Utah. The permits typically record such information as the name of the deceased, sex, race, date and place of birth, date and place of death, place of residence, method of disposal, cemetery information, funeral director information, and date of burial.
Arrangement
Alphabetical by name of deceased.
Additional Forms
This series is available on microfilm.
Access Restrictions
This series is primarily classified as Public. The secondary classification is Exempt: This series contains a few death certificates, which are restricted for 50 years under Utah Code 26-2-22..
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Processing Note
The microfilm for this series was archivally processed by Alan Barnett in September 2013.
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