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Council Services
Service: Exhumation
Responsible Authority: Department for Constitutional Affairs
Service Area: Department of Constitutional Affairs
Description: Before a body can be exhumed you will need to get a licence from the Department of Constitutional Affairs. The funeral director should be able to you with the help and advice you need. If the body is buried in consecrated ground you will need to get permission from the church.
 
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Department of Constitutional Affairs
 
Contact Information:Department of Constitutional Affairs
Department for Constitutional Affairs general.queries@lcd.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone 0207 210 8500
Court Service cust.ser.cs@gtnet.gov.uk
Address:Selborne House
54-60 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6QW
United Kingdom
 
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