2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 194 Death--Disposition of Dead Bodies
194.350. Disposition of cremated remains--if no directions are given, procedure, notice.

194.350. A licensed funeral establishment which cremates, or contracts for the cremation of, a dead human body, whether the cremation occurs before or after August 28, 1989, may dispose of the cremated remains by:

(1) Delivering the remains to or as directed by another licensed funeral establishment which contracted for the cremation;

(2) Delivering the remains to or as directed by the person who contracted for the cremation; or

(3) If not delivered pursuant to subdivision (1) or (2) of this section, by scattering or interring the unclaimed cremated remains in a scatter garden or pond, columbarium or other place formally dedicated for the burial of dead human bodies, provided, at least ninety days prior to such scattering or interment the funeral establishment shall send a written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the licensed funeral establishment or person who contracted for the cremation stating that the remains will be scattered or interred under this subdivision unless the notified establishment or person, or other person authorized by the notified establishment or person, claims and removes the remains prior to the end of such ninety-day period, and provided further, if such mailed notice cannot be delivered, at least thirty days prior to such scattering or interment the funeral establishment shall publish a notice once in a newspaper in general circulation in the county in which the funeral establishment is located stating that the remains will be scattered or interred under this subdivision unless the licensed funeral establishment or person who contracted for the cremation, or other person authorized by the contracting establishment or person, claims and removes the remains prior to the end of such thirty-day period.

(L. 1989 H.B. 195 § 1)