No railroad or other common carrier shall receive for shipment to any point within the state or to any point outside the state the body of a deceased person unless there is attached to the shipping case, in a strong envelope, a burial-transit permit duly issued and signed by the Chief Medical Examiner.
R.L.1910, § 6815. Amended by Laws 1951, p. 171, § 3; Laws 2013, c. 152, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.