68.50.110 Burial or cremating.

WA Rev Code § 68.50.110 (2019) (N/A)
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RCW 68.50.110 Burial or cremating. (Effective until May 1, 2020.)

Except in cases of dissection provided for in RCW 68.50.100, and where human remains shall rightfully be carried through or removed from the state for the purpose of burial elsewhere, human remains lying within this state, and the remains of any dissected body, after dissection, shall be decently buried, or cremated within a reasonable time after death.

[ 2005 c 365 § 138; 1987 c 331 § 60; 1909 c 249 § 238; RRS § 2490. Formerly RCW 68.08.110.]

RCW 68.50.110

Burial, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction. (Effective May 1, 2020.)

Except in cases of dissection provided for in RCW 68.50.100, and where human remains are rightfully carried through or removed from the state for the purpose of burial elsewhere, human remains lying within this state, and the remains of any dissected body, after dissection, must be decently buried, undergo cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction within a reasonable time after death.

[ 2019 c 432 § 20; 2005 c 365 § 138; 1987 c 331 § 60; 1909 c 249 § 238; RRS § 2490. Formerly RCW 68.08.110.]

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Effective date—2019 c 432: See note following RCW 68.05.175.