Chapter 15 - § 15.6 • PRIVATE BURIAL GROUNDS

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

§ 15.6 • PRIVATE BURIAL GROUNDS

The owner of land that is used to inter a dead human body must record the burial within 30 days after the burial with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the land is situated. The owner must record the following:

• The dead person's name as it appears on the death certificate;
• The dead person's date of birth;
• The dead person's age at the time of death;
• The cause of death;
• The name of the owner or owners of the property where the dead human body is interred;
• The legal description of the property where the dead human body is interred if the person is interred on private property;
• The reception number for the death certificate if recorded by the county clerk; and
• The latitude and longitude coordinates, such as those given by a global positioning system, that are verified by two witnesses or the

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