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2018 Revised Code of Washington
Title 68 - CEMETERIES, MORGUES, AND HUMAN REMAINS
68.50 Human remains.
- 68.50.010 Coroner's jurisdiction over remains.
- 68.50.015 Immunity for determining cause and manner of death—Judicial review of determination.
- 68.50.020 Notice to coroner or medical examiner—Penalty.
- 68.50.032 Transportation of remains directed by coroner or medical examiner—Costs.
- 68.50.035 Unlawful to refuse burial to non-Caucasian.
- 68.50.040 Deceased's effects to be listed.
- 68.50.050 Removal or concealment of body—Penalty.
- 68.50.060 Bodies for instruction purposes.
- 68.50.070 Human remains—Disposition.
- 68.50.080 Certificate and bond before receiving bodies.
- 68.50.090 Penalty.
- 68.50.100 Dissection, when permitted—Autopsy of person under the age of three years.
- 68.50.101 Autopsy, postmortem—Who may authorize.
- 68.50.102 Court petition for autopsy—Cost.
- 68.50.103 Autopsies in industrial deaths.
- 68.50.104 Cost of autopsy.
- 68.50.105 Autopsies, postmortems—Reports and records confidential—Exceptions.
- 68.50.106 Autopsies, postmortems—Analyses—Opinions—Evidence—Costs.
- 68.50.107 State toxicological laboratory established—State toxicologist.
- 68.50.108 Autopsies, postmortems—Consent to embalm or cremate body—Time limitation.
- 68.50.110 Burial or cremating.
- 68.50.115 Coroner and medical examiner liability—Release of information.
- 68.50.120 Holding body for debt—Penalty.
- 68.50.130 Unlawful disposal of remains.
- 68.50.140 Unlawful disturbance, removal, or sale of human remains—Penalty.
- 68.50.160 Right to control disposition of remains—Liability of funeral establishment or cemetery authority—Liability for cost.
- 68.50.170 Effect of authorization.
- 68.50.185 Individual cremation—Exception—Penalty.
- 68.50.200 Permission to remove human remains.
- 68.50.210 Notice for order to remove remains.
- 68.50.220 Exceptions.
- 68.50.230 Human remains that have not been disposed—Rules.
- 68.50.232 Remains—Entrusting to funeral homes or mortuaries.
- 68.50.240 Record of human remains to be kept.
- 68.50.270 Possession of cremated human remains.
- 68.50.290 Corneal tissue for transplantation—Presumption of good faith.
- 68.50.300 Release of information concerning a death.
- 68.50.310 Dental identification system established—Powers and duties.
- 68.50.320 Procedures for investigating missing persons—Availability of files.
- 68.50.330 Identification of body or human remains by dental examination—Comparison of dental examination records with dental records of dental identification system.
- 68.50.645 Skeletal human remains—Duty to notify—Ground disturbing activities—Coroner determination—Definitions.
- 68.50.900 Effective date—1987 c 331.
- 68.50.901 Application—1993 c 228.
- 68.50.902 Application—Construction—1993 c 228.
- 68.50.903 Severability—1993 c 228.
- 68.50.904 Short title—1993 c 228.
NOTES:
Burial and removal permits: RCW 70.58.230.
Coroners to submit blood samples to state toxicologist—Analysis—Utilization of reports: RCW 46.52.065.
County commissioners to dispose of remains of indigents: RCW 36.39.030.
Disposal of remains prohibited unless accompanied by proper permit: RCW 70.58.260.
Fetal deaths: Chapter 70.58 RCW.
Undertaker must file death certificate: RCW 70.58.240.
Veterans and relatives: Chapter 73.24 RCW.
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