who is legally responsible to bury a person
A county is responsible for burial or cremation costs for. certain persons who die in a county correctional or benevolent institution. Indigent veterans and certain of their family members may be buried or. cremated at county expense. An entity that receives a body from the state or. a political subdivision for the purpose of dissection or the study of medicine, surgery, or embalming is responsible for the expense of disposing of the. remains.