CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Without prejudice to the specific provisions set out in article R. 2223-77 and regardless of where the body is deposited, the body of a deceased person may not be transported to his or her home, to the home of a member of his or her family or to a funeral home before committal without prior written notification, by any means, to the mayor of the place where the body is…

The transport of a deceased person to his or her home or the residence of a member of his or her family before committal is subject to: 1° A written request from the person who is entitled to provide for the funeral and provides proof of his or her civil status and address; 2° The possession of an extract from the death certificate provided for in article L. 2223-42, certifying…

Transport before committal of a deceased person to a funeral home is subject: 1° To a written request: – either from the person who is entitled to provide for the funeral and provides proof of his or her civil status and domicile; – or from the person in whose home the death occurred, provided that he or she certifies in writing that it was impossible for him or her to…

The doctor may object to the transport of the body before committal when the condition of the body does not allow such transport. He shall immediately notify the family and, if applicable, the director of the establishment in writing.

When the body is transported before committal outside the commune of the place of death or deposit, a copy of the declaration of transport is immediately sent, by any means, to the mayor of the commune where the body is transported.

Unless there are derogatory provisions, body transport operations prior to committal of the body of a deceased person shall be completed within a maximum period of forty-eight hours from the date of death.

When the conditions mentioned in article R. 2213-8 or R. 2213-8-1 are not fulfilled, the body may only be transported after committal and under the conditions set out in articles R. 2213-15 to R. 2213-28.

The transport of the body of a person of full age who has consented to donate their body after their death for the purposes of medical teaching and research, pursuant to article L. 1261-1 of the Public Health Code, is organised under the conditions provided for in articles R. 1261-1 to R. 1261-33 of the same code.

The transport of the body of a deceased person to a health establishment in order to take samples for therapeutic purposes shall be declared in advance, by any means in writing, to the mayor of the municipality of the place of death or deposit, at the request of the director of the health establishment where this person died or of any person who is entitled to provide for the funeral….