Funeral Rule Price List Essentials

The Funeral Rule requires three price 

lists: the General Price List (GPL), the 

Casket Price List (CPL), and Outer 

Burial Container Price List (OBCPL). 

Use this tip sheet to help your business 

comply with the price list requirements.

♦ Review your price lists to be sure they 

include the required disclosures and 

information. You can follow guidance 

on this tip sheet and in the FTC Guide 

“Complying with the Funeral Rule” 

available at: ftc.gov/FuneralRule.

♦ Make plenty of copies of your price lists.

♦ Talk with your staff about when to

give or show people the price lists

and information. 

Consider including the CPL and OBCPL 

information in the GPL with appropriate 

headings, so you give all the itemized 

price information at the beginning of the 

arrangements discussion. Or, give the GPL, 

CPL, and OBCPL all at once when you first 

greet a new client. 

When you meet in person: 

♦ Give a copy of the GPL every time 

you begin to discuss the types 

of funeral goods or services you 

offer, or their price. You may offer 

condolences first, but hand out the 

GPL as soon as you start to discuss 

prices or arrangements.

♦ Show the CPL when someone 

asks or when you talk about 

caskets, alternative containers, or 

their prices, and before you show 

the items or pictures of the items. 

♦ Show the OBCPL when someone 

asks or when you talk about grave 

liners or vaults, or their prices, 

and before you show the items or 

pictures of the items.

When you talk on the phone: 

♦ Give information from the GPL, 

CPL, and OBCPL and other 

easily available information that 

reasonably answers the questions 

about offerings and prices.

When to Give and Share Price Lists
Prepare Your General Price List 

♦ Use the sample GPL from “Complying 

with the Funeral Rule” (FTC Guide),

pages 24-25.

♦ Start the GPL with:

◊ Your firm’s name and address

◊ The title “General Price List”

◊ An effective date

♦ Copy and add the required disclosures 

from the FTC Guide, page 4 about:

◊ The consumer’s right to select only 

the goods and services desired

◊ Embalming

◊ Alternative containers for direct 

cremation

◊ Any basic services fee

◊ Availability of a casket price list and

an outer burial container price list

♦ Include itemized prices for the 16 funeral 

goods and services listed in the FTC 

Guide, pages 7-11, if you offer them. You 

must include these four basic services:

◊ Transfer of remains to another

funeral home

◊ Receiving remains from another 

funeral home

◊ Direct cremation

◊ Immediate burial

Prepare Your Casket Price List & 

Outer Burial Container Price List

♦ Use the sample CPL and OBCPL from

the FTC Guide, pages 26-27.

♦ Start each list with:

◊ Your firm’s name and address

◊ The title “Casket Price List” or “Outer 

Burial Container Price List”

◊ An effective date

♦ Include prices for each casket, alternative 

container, and outer burial container 

you offer that does not require special 

ordering, with enough information to 

identity it. 

♦ For the OBCPL, copy and add the 

disclosure about the legal or cemetery 

requirements stated in the FTC Guide, 

page 14.

To order free copies of “Complying with the 

Funeral Rule,” visit:

ftc.gov/bulkorder