# Requesting Disinterment of an Eligible Decedent From a National Cemetery
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2022-08-17 · Effective 2022-09-16 · 87 FR 50574
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-17637
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 50574
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 38
- **Publication date:** 2022-08-17
- **Effective date:** 2022-09-16
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations governing disinterment of eligible decedents interred in VA national cemeteries to clarify that, if the individual who initiated the interment does not consent to a disinterment or is not alive to provide consent, or all living immediate family members are not in agreement, anyone seeking disinterment of an eligible decedent must obtain an order from a court or State instrumentality of competent jurisdiction to direct the disinterment.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/17/2022-17637/requesting-disinterment-of-an-eligible-decedent-from-a-national-cemetery)
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