(A) Disinterment of a body once properly interred shall not be made without approval of the Township Supervisor and is subject to the orders and laws of the properly constituted public authorities.
(B) Graves shall not be opened for the inspection except for official investigation. A permit for disinterment and/or reinternment issued by Saginaw County is required before such actions take place. Saginaw County shall prepare and furnish to the township the forms for permits and applications therefore, which shall be used in the procedures prescribed by this section. Saginaw County and the township shall retain an application for a disinterment and a reinternment permit for not less than five years. A duplicate copy of the permit shall be maintained in permanent records of the cemetery from which the body was disinterred.
(C) At least one week's notice is required prior to any disinterment, subject to the acquisition of a permit from Saginaw County. All fees for disinterment and reinternment shall be prepaid at the rate determined by a resolution of the Township Board.
(D) Any markers, memorials or headstones designating the location of an interment may be removed at the time a disinterment is made.
(E) The Township Board shall have the authority to refuse to allow the disinterment or the digging up of an occupied grave where such action is not taken pursuant to a court order, or where there is no reasonable basis for such action.
(Ord. 22-05-17, passed 5-17-2022)