Notify of an exhumation outside a cemetery

Important information

  • You must notify the government if you are exhuming someone from outside of a cemetery in the NT.
  • The person making the notification can be a relative of the deceased person, the executor or administrator of the deceased person’s estate, or someone who’s been appointed to represent the family.
  • You’ll need to provide details of the proposed exhumation site and consent from the decision maker for the deceased person.

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This takes about 15 minutes.

There is no fee to make a notification.

Other ways to notify

To download an application, go to the NT Government website.