N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5-C:72

I. A permit for disinterment, transit, and reinterment shall be obtained from the division prior to disinterment of a dead body, except as exempted by RSA 290:5. An application for disinterment and reinterment shall not be processed by the division unless it includes the following: (a) The applicant's relationship to the deceased. (b) The name of the deceased. (c) The date, place, and cause of death. (d) The name and location of the cemetery where the body is presently buried. (e) The name and location of the cemetery for reinterment. (f) The name and address of the funeral director. (g) The applicant's signature and address. (h) Identification of the applicant as either the next of kin or a person authorized by the next of kin to the deceased. II. The application shall become the permit for disinterment and reinterment upon completion of the following: (a) Submission of the application form to the state registrar by the funeral director. (b) Signature of the state registrar. (c) Countersignature of the application and entry of the date signed and the city, town or state of the signing official by the chairman or secretary by the local board of health where the body is presently buried, by the local health officer when there is no local board of health for that city or town, or by another local official in the event that the local health officer is a part time officer and cannot be reached.