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Revised Code of Washington
Title 68
Chapter 68.50
Wash. Rev. Code ch. 68.50
Human remains.
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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. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
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, cremate body, or make final disposition—Time limitation.
68.50.110
Burial, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction.
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 final disposition—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 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.
68.50.325
Indigenous persons—Identification of remains—Spiritual practices.
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.