Disinterment

Information and Procedure

The process of disinterment gives an individual the opportunity to file an application with the Lake County Probate Court to have a body exhumed and/or moved from one burial place to another.

Initial Deposit (Cash / Check / Money Order Only) $60.00

Application for Order to Disinter Remains (Form 25.0) with the filing fee
Next of Kin (Form 1.0)
Judgment Entry Setting Hearing on Application for Disinterment (Form 25.1)
Waiver of Notice of Application to Disinter Remains (Form 25.5)
- From all Next of Kin and cemetery currently buried in
Notice of Hearing on Application for Disinterment (Form 25.2)
- For next of kin who has not waived
Affidavit of Service of Notice on Hearing on Application for Disinterment (Form 25.3)
Waiver of Notice of Application to Disinter Remains (Form 25.5)
Order to Disinter Remains (Form 25.6)
Contact Information Form
Copy of Death Certificate