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WA Rev Code § 68.46.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.46 - Prearrangement Contracts.|68.46.090 - Financial reports—Filing—Verification.

RCW 68.46.090 Financial reports—Filing—Verification.Any cemetery authority selling prearrangement merchandise or other prearrangement services shall file in its office and with the board a written report upon forms prepared by the board which shall state the amount of the principle of the prearrangement trust fund, the depository of such fund, and cash on hand which is or may be due to the fund as well as other information the board may deem appropriate. All information appearing on such written reports shall be revised at least annually. These reports shall be verified by the president, or the vice president, and one other officer of the cemetery authority, the accountant or auditor who prepared the report, and, if required by the board for good cause, a certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.[ 2009 c 102 § 18; 2005 c 365 § 135; 1983 c 190 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 351 § 5; 1973 1st ex.s. c 68 § 9.]NOTES:Funeral directors and embalmers account and cemetery account abolished, moneys transferred to funeral and cemetery account—2009 c 102: See note following RCW 18.39.810.Severability—1977 ex.s. c 351: See note following RCW 68.05.180.
WA Rev Code § 68.46.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.46 - Prearrangement Contracts.|68.46.100 - Prearrangement contract requirements.

RCW 68.46.100 Prearrangement contract requirements.Every prearrangement contract shall contain language which informs the purchaser of the prearrangement trust fund and the amount to be deposited in the prearrangement trust fund. The amount deposited to the prearrangement trust fund must meet the requirements of RCW 68.46.030.Every prearrangement contract shall contain language prominently featured on the face of the contract disclosing to the purchaser what items will be delivered before need, either stored or installed, and thus not subject to funding or refund.Every prearrangement contract for the sale of unconstructed crypts, niches, or undeveloped property shall contain language which informs the purchaser that sales of unconstructed or undeveloped property are subject to the provisions of RCW 68.46.030.[ 2005 c 365 § 136; 1987 c 331 § 53; 1984 c 53 § 5; 1973 1st ex.s. c 68 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 68.46.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.46 - Prearrangement Contracts.|68.46.110 - Compliance required.

RCW 68.46.110 Compliance required.No cemetery authority shall sell, offer to sell, or authorize the sale of cemetery merchandise or services or accept funds in payment of any prearrangement contract unless such acts are performed in compliance with this title and under the authority of a valid and unsuspended certificate of authority to operate a cemetery in this state.[ 2005 c 365 § 137; 1973 1st ex.s. c 68 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 68.46.125 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.46 - Prearrangement Contracts.|68.46.125 - Certain cemeteries exempt from chapter.

RCW 68.46.125 Certain cemeteries exempt from chapter.This chapter does not apply to any cemetery controlled and operated by a coroner, county, city, town, or cemetery district.[ 1987 c 331 § 54.]
WA Rev Code § 68.46.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.46 - Prearrangement Contracts.|68.46.130 - Exemptions from chapter granted by board.

RCW 68.46.130 Exemptions from chapter granted by board.The board may grant an exemption from any or all of the requirements of this chapter relating to prearrangement contracts to any cemetery authority which:(1) Sells less than twenty prearrangement contracts per year; and(2) Deposits one hundred percent of all funds received into a trust fund under RCW 68.46.030, as now or hereafter amended.[ 2009 c 102 § 19; 1979 c 21 § 43.]NOTES:Funeral directors and embalmers account and cemetery account abolished, moneys transferred to funeral and cemetery account—2009 c 102: See note following RCW 18.39.810.
WA Rev Code § 68.46.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.46 - Prearrangement Contracts.|68.46.160 - Contract forms—Filing.

RCW 68.46.160 Contract forms—Filing.No cemetery authority shall use a prearrangement contract without first filing the form of such contract with the board: PROVIDED, That the board may order the cemetery authority to cease using any prearrangement contract form which:(1) Is in violation of any provision of this chapter;(2) Is misleading or deceptive; or(3) Is being used in connection with solicitation by false, misleading or deceptive advertising or sales practices.Use of a prearrangement contract form which is not on file with the board or which the board has ordered the cemetery authority not to use shall be a violation of this chapter.[ 1979 c 21 § 38.]
WA Rev Code § 68.46.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.46 - Prearrangement Contracts.|68.46.170 - Sales licenses—Requirement.

RCW 68.46.170 Sales licenses—Requirement.No cemetery authority shall enter into prearrangement contracts in this state unless the cemetery authority has obtained a prearrangement sales license issued by the board or its authorized representative and such license is then current and valid.[ 1979 c 21 § 23.]
WA Rev Code § 68.46.175 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.46 - Prearrangement Contracts.|68.46.175 - Unconstructed crypts, etc., as part of contract—Requirements.

RCW 68.46.175 Unconstructed crypts, etc., as part of contract—Requirements.(1) A cemetery authority that enters into prearrangement contracts for the sale of unconstructed crypts, niches, or undeveloped property, or that conveys undeveloped property by gift, shall maintain an adequate inventory of constructed crypts or niches and developed property. The inventory shall be a minimum of ten percent of the unconstructed or undeveloped property sales. The inventory shall be equal or better in quality than the unconstructed crypts or niches, or undeveloped property if they were constructed or developed.(2) If the death of a purchaser or owner of an unconstructed crypt, niche, or undeveloped property occurs before the property is constructed or developed, the cemetery authority shall provide a constructed crypt, niche, or developed property of equal or better quality without additional cost or charge.(3) If two or more unconstructed crypts, niches, or undeveloped properties are conveyed with the intention that the crypts, niches, or properties shall be contiguous to each other or maintained together as a group and the death of any one purchaser or owner in such group occurs before the unconstructed crypts, niches, or undeveloped property is developed, the cemetery authority shall provide additional constructed crypts, niches, or developed property of equal or better quality, contiguous to each other or together as a group, as originally intended, to other purchasers or owners in the group without additional cost or charge.(4) The representative of the deceased purchaser may agree to the placement of the decedent in a temporary crypt, niche, or grave until the construction is completed and the decedent is placed in the new crypt, niche, or grave.(5) Prearrangement sales of unconstructed crypts, niches, or undeveloped property must meet the requirements of RCW 68.46.030.[ 2005 c 365 § 131.]
WA Rev Code § 68.46.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.46 - Prearrangement Contracts.|68.46.900 - Effective date—1987 c 331.

RCW 68.46.900 Effective date—1987 c 331.See RCW 68.05.900.
WA Rev Code § 68.50.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.010 - Coroner's jurisdiction over remains.

RCW 68.50.010 Coroner's jurisdiction over remains.The jurisdiction of bodies of all deceased persons who come to their death suddenly when in apparent good health without medical attendance within the thirty-six hours preceding death; or where the circumstances of death indicate death was caused by unnatural or unlawful means; or where death occurs under suspicious circumstances; or where a coroner's autopsy or postmortem or coroner's inquest is to be held; or where death results from unknown or obscure causes, or where death occurs within one year following an accident; or where the death is caused by any violence whatsoever, or where death results from a known or suspected abortion; whether self-induced or otherwise; where death apparently results from drowning, hanging, burns, electrocution, gunshot wounds, stabs or cuts, lightning, starvation, radiation, exposure, alcoholism, narcotics or other addictions, tetanus, strangulations, suffocation or smothering; or where death is due to premature birth or still birth; or where death is due to a violent contagious disease or suspected contagious disease which may be a public health hazard; or where death results from alleged rape, carnal knowledge or sodomy, where death occurs in a jail or prison; where a body is found dead or is not claimed by relatives or friends, is hereby vested in the county coroner or medical examiner, which bodies may be removed and placed in the morgue under such rules as are adopted by the coroner or medical examiner with the approval of the county commissioners, having jurisdiction, providing therein how the bodies shall be brought to and cared for at the morgue and held for the proper identification where necessary.[ 2021 c 127 § 7; 1963 c 178 § 1; 1953 c 188 § 1; 1917 c 90 § 3; RRS § 6042. Formerly RCW 68.08.010.]
WA Rev Code § 68.50.015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.015 - Immunity for determining cause and manner of death—Judicial review of determination.

RCW 68.50.015 Immunity for determining cause and manner of death—Judicial review of determination.A county coroner or county medical examiner or persons acting in that capacity shall be immune from civil liability for determining the cause and manner of death. The accuracy of the determinations is subject to judicial review.[ 1987 c 263 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 68.50.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.020 - Notice to coroner or medical examiner—Penalty.

RCW 68.50.020 Notice to coroner or medical examiner—Penalty.It shall be the duty of every person who knows of the existence and location of human remains coming under the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner as set forth in RCW 68.50.010 or 27.44.055, to notify the coroner, medical examiner, or law enforcement thereof in the most expeditious manner possible, unless such person shall have good reason to believe that such notice has already been given. Any person knowing of the existence of such human remains and not having good reason to believe that the coroner has notice thereof and who shall fail to give notice to the coroner as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. For purposes of this section and unless the context clearly requires otherwise, "human remains" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 68.04.020. Human remains also includes, but is not limited to, skeletal remains.[ 2016 c 221 § 2; 1987 c 331 § 55; 1917 c 90 § 4; RRS § 6043. Formerly RCW 68.08.020.]
WA Rev Code § 68.50.032 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.032 - Transportation of remains directed by coroner or medical examiner—Costs.

RCW 68.50.032 Transportation of remains directed by coroner or medical examiner—Costs.Whenever a coroner or medical examiner assumes jurisdiction over human remains and directs transportation of those remains by a funeral establishment, as defined in RCW 18.39.010, the reasonable costs of transporting shall be borne by the county if: (1) The funeral establishment transporting the remains is not providing the funeral or disposition services; or (2) the funeral establishment providing the funeral or disposition services is required to transport the remains to a facility other than its own.Except as provided in RCW 36.39.030, 68.52.030, and 73.08.070, any transportation costs or other costs incurred after the coroner or medical examiner has released jurisdiction over the human remains shall not be borne by the county.[ 1991 c 176 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 68.50.035 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.035 - Unlawful to refuse burial to non-Caucasian.

RCW 68.50.035 Unlawful to refuse burial to non-Caucasian.It shall be unlawful for any cemetery under this chapter to refuse burial to any person because such person may not be of the Caucasian race.[ 1953 c 290 § 53. Formerly RCW 68.05.260.]
WA Rev Code § 68.50.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.040 - Deceased's effects to be listed.

RCW 68.50.040 Deceased's effects to be listed.All jewelry, moneys, papers, and other personal property of the deceased shall be inventoried immediately upon being taken into custody by the coroner or his or her appointees. The original of such lists shall be certified to by the coroner and kept as a public record at the county morgue.[ 2017 c 37 § 5; 2012 c 117 § 314; 1917 c 90 § 6; RRS § 6045. Formerly RCW 68.08.040.]
WA Rev Code § 68.50.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.050 - Removal or concealment of body—Penalty.

RCW 68.50.050 Removal or concealment of body—Penalty.(1) Any person, not authorized or directed by the coroner or medical examiner or their deputies, who removes the body of a deceased person not claimed by a relative or friend, or moves, disturbs, molests, or interferes with the human remains coming within the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner as set forth in RCW 68.50.010, to any undertaking rooms or elsewhere, or any person who knowingly directs, aids, or abets such unauthorized moving, disturbing, molesting, or taking, and any person who knowingly conceals the human remains, shall in each of said cases be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.(2) In evaluating whether it is necessary to retain jurisdiction and custody of human remains under RCW 68.50.010, 68.50.645, and 27.44.055, the coroner or medical examiner shall consider the deceased's religious beliefs, if known, including the tenets, customs, or rites related to death and burial.(3) For purposes of this section and unless the context clearly requires otherwise, "human remains" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 68.04.020. Human remains also includes, but is not limited to, skeletal remains.[ 2016 c 221 § 1; 2011 c 96 § 48; 1917 c 90 § 7; RRS § 6046. Formerly RCW 68.08.050.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2011 c 96: See note following RCW 9A.20.021.
WA Rev Code § 68.50.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.060 - Bodies for instruction purposes.

RCW 68.50.060 Bodies for instruction purposes.Any physician or surgeon of this state, or any medical student under the authority of any such physician or surgeon, may obtain, as hereinafter provided, and have in his or her possession human dead bodies, or the parts thereof, for the purposes of anatomical inquiry or instruction.[ 2012 c 117 § 315; 1891 c 123 § 1; RRS § 10026. Formerly RCW 68.08.060.]
WA Rev Code § 68.50.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.070 - Human remains—Disposition.

RCW 68.50.070 Human remains—Disposition.(1) Any public agency required to provide for the disposition of human remains in any legal manner at public expense must surrender the human remains to:(a) Any physician or surgeon, to be used for the advancement of anatomical science, preference being given to medical schools in this state, for their use in the instruction of medical students; or(b) An accredited educational institution offering funeral services and embalming programs for use in training embalming students under the supervision of an embalmer licensed under chapter 18.39 RCW.(2) If the deceased person requested to be buried, or if some person claiming to be a relative or a responsible officer of a religious organization with which the deceased at the time of death was affiliated requires the remains to be buried, the remains must be buried, subject to the requirements of RCW 68.50.110 and 68.50.230.[ 2011 c 265 § 1; 1959 c 23 § 1; 1953 c 224 § 2; 1891 c 123 § 2; RRS § 10027. Formerly RCW 68.08.070.]
WA Rev Code § 68.50.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.080 - Certificate and bond before receiving bodies.

RCW 68.50.080 Certificate and bond before receiving bodies.Every physician or surgeon before receiving the dead body must give to the board or officer surrendering the same to him or her a certificate from the medical society of the county in which he or she resides, or if there is none, from the board of supervisors of the same, that he or she is a fit person to receive such dead body. He or she must also give a bond with two sureties, that each body so by him or her received will be used only for the promotion of anatomical science, and that it will be used for such purpose in this state only, and so as in no event to outrage the public feeling.[ 2012 c 117 § 316; 1891 c 123 § 3; RRS § 10028. Formerly RCW 68.08.080.]
WA Rev Code § 68.50.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.090 - Penalty.

RCW 68.50.090 Penalty.Any person violating any provision of RCW 68.50.060 through 68.50.080 shall upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.[ 1987 c 331 § 56; 1891 c 123 § 4; RRS § 10029. Formerly RCW 68.08.090.]
WA Rev Code § 68.50.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.100 - Dissection, when permitted—Autopsy of person under the age of three years.

RCW 68.50.100 Dissection, when permitted—Autopsy of person under the age of three years.(1) The right to dissect a dead body shall be limited to cases specially provided by statute or by the direction or will of the deceased; cases where a coroner is authorized to hold an inquest upon the body, and then only as he or she may authorize dissection; and cases where the spouse, state registered domestic partner, or next of kin charged by law with the duty of burial shall authorize dissection for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of death, and then only to the extent so authorized: PROVIDED, That the coroner, in his or her discretion, may make or cause to be made by a competent pathologist, toxicologist, or physician, an autopsy or postmortem in any case in which the coroner has jurisdiction of a body: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That the coroner may with the approval of the University of Washington and with the consent of a parent or guardian deliver any body of a deceased person under the age of three years over which he or she has jurisdiction to the University of Washington medical school for the purpose of having an autopsy made to determine the cause of death.(2) Every person who shall make, cause, or procure to be made any dissection of a body, except as provided in this section, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.[ 2007 c 156 § 21; 2003 c 53 § 307; 1963 c 178 § 2; 1953 c 188 § 2; 1909 c 249 § 237; RRS § 2489. Formerly RCW 68.08.100.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 68.50.101 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.101 - Autopsy, postmortem—Who may authorize.

RCW 68.50.101 Autopsy, postmortem—Who may authorize.Autopsy or postmortem may be performed in any case where authorization has been given by a member of one of the following classes of persons in the following order of priority:(1) The surviving spouse or state registered domestic partner;(2) Any child of the decedent who is eighteen years of age or older;(3) One of the parents of the decedent;(4) Any adult brother or sister of the decedent;(5) A person who was guardian of the decedent at the time of death;(6) Any other person or agency authorized or under an obligation to dispose of the remains of the decedent. The chief official of any such agency shall designate one or more persons to execute authorizations pursuant to the provisions of this section.If the person seeking authority to perform an autopsy or postmortem makes reasonable efforts to locate and secure authorization from a competent person in the first or succeeding class and finds no such person available, authorization may be given by any person in the next class, in the order of descending priority. However, no person under this section shall have the power to authorize an autopsy or postmortem if a person of higher priority under this section has refused such authorization: PROVIDED, That this section shall not affect autopsies performed pursuant to RCW 68.50.010 or 68.50.103.[ 2007 c 156 § 22; 1987 c 331 § 57; 1977 c 79 § 1; 1953 c 188 § 11. Formerly RCW 68.08.101.]
WA Rev Code § 68.50.102 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.102 - Court petition for autopsy—Cost.

RCW 68.50.102 Court petition for autopsy—Cost.Any party by showing just cause may petition the court to have autopsy made and results thereof made known to said party at his or her own expense.[ 2012 c 117 § 317; 1953 c 188 § 12. Formerly RCW 68.08.102.]
WA Rev Code § 68.50.103 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains|Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.|68.50.103 - Autopsies in industrial deaths.

RCW 68.50.103 Autopsies in industrial deaths.In an industrial death where the cause of death is unknown, and where the department of labor and industries is concerned, said department in its discretion, may request the coroner in writing to perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The coroner shall be required to promptly perform such autopsy upon receipt of the written request from the department of labor and industries.[ 1953 c 188 § 6. Formerly RCW 68.08.103.]