Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 13.75.060

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

If a person is charged with a felonious killing in connection with a decedent‘s death and if the funeral director or the cemetery knows about the charge, then the person may not control disposition, and the right to control disposition passes to the person who is next listed in priority under AS 13.75.020.