Tennessee Code 62-5-709 – Release of remains to selected funeral establishment
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-5-709
- Funeral establishment: means any business, whether a proprietorship, partnership, firm, association or corporation, engaged in arranging, directing or supervising funerals for profit or other benefit, the preparing of dead human bodies for burial, the disposition of dead human bodies, the provision or maintenance of place for the preparation for disposition, or for the care or disposition of human bodies. See Tennessee Code 62-5-101
- Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Right of disposition: means the right to determine the disposition of the remains of a decedent, including the location, manner, and conditions of disposition and arrangements for funeral goods and services. See Tennessee Code 62-5-701
A funeral establishment that has custody of the remains of a deceased person, but is not the establishment selected by the persons named in § 62-5-703 with the right of disposition to provide funeral services, shall release the remains to the funeral establishment selected by the persons named in § 62-5-703 with the right of disposition during normal business hours unless otherwise agreed to by the two (2) funeral establishments. The receiving funeral establishment shall be responsible for the cost of any merchandise or services provided by the initial funeral establishment, which shall be payable to the initial funeral establishment at the time of release. However, the cost of the merchandise or services provided shall not exceed the prices for the merchandise or services listed on the general price list of the initial funeral establishment.