68.50.170 Effect of authorization.

WA Rev Code § 68.50.170 (2019) (N/A)

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RCW 68.50.170 Effect of authorization. (Effective until May 1, 2020.)

Any person signing any authorization for the interment or cremation of any human remains warrants the truthfulness of any fact set forth in the authorization, the identity of the person whose human remains are sought to be interred or cremated, and his or her authority to order interments or cremation. That person is personally liable for all damage occasioned by or resulting from breach of such warranty.

[ 2005 c 365 § 142; 1943 c 247 § 30; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-30. Formerly RCW 68.08.170.]

RCW 68.50.170

Effect of authorization. (Effective May 1, 2020.)

Any person signing any authorization for the interment, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction of any human remains warrants the truthfulness of any fact set forth in the authorization, the identity of the person whose human remains are sought to undergo final disposition, and his or her authority to order such. That person is personally liable for all damage occasioned by or resulting from breach of such warranty.

[ 2019 c 432 § 24; 2005 c 365 § 142; 1943 c 247 § 30; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-30. Formerly RCW 68.08.170.]

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

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