Death: Related Laws

Alaska

• Alaska Statutes > Title 13 > Chapter 75 - Disposition of Human Remains

Delaware

• Delaware Code > Title 12 > Chapter 17 - Absentees; Presumed Decedents

Florida

• Florida Statutes 732.701 - Agreements concerning succession
• Florida Statutes 732.702 - Waiver of spousal rights
• Florida Statutes 732.703 - Effect of divorce, dissolution, or invalidity of marriage on disposition of certain assets at death
• Florida Regulations > Chapter 64C-11 - Sudden Unexpected Infant Death

Guam

• Guam Code > Title 10 > Chapter 81 - Post-Mortem Examination Act
• Guam Code > Title 10 > Chapter 91 - Natural Death Act

Hawaii

• Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 327C - Death
• Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 327K - Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
• Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 327L - Our Care, Our Choice Act
• Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 531B - Disposition of Remains

Idaho

• Idaho Code > Title 19 > Chapter 43 - Coroner'S Inquests
• Idaho Code > Title 31 > Chapter 28 - Coroner
• Idaho Code > Title 39 > Chapter 45 - the Medical Consent and Natural Death Act

Illinois

• Illinois Compiled Statutes > 755 ILCS 66 - Disposition of Remains of the Indigent Act

Iowa

• Iowa Code > Chapter 144C - Final Disposition Act

Kansas

• Kansas Statutes > Chapter 58 > Article 7 - Uniform Simultaneous Death Law

Louisiana

• Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 13 > Chapter 36 - Coroners
• Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 46 > Chapter 67 - Individuals With a Terminal Condition
• Louisiana Codes > Code of Criminal Procedure > Title III > Chapter 1 - The Coroner

Maine

• Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2811 - Determination of death
• Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2812 - Uniformity of construction and application
• Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2813 - Short title
• Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2841 - Registration of fetal deaths
• Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2842 - Registration of deaths

Maryland

• Maryland Code > HEALTH - GENERAL > Title 5 - Death

Montana

• Montana Code > Title 50 > Chapter 9 - Rights of the Terminally Ill Act
• Montana Code > Title 50 > Chapter 10 - Do Not Resuscitate -- Notification
• Montana Code > Title 50 > Chapter 21 - Cadavers and Autopsies
• Montana Code > Title 50 > Chapter 22 - Determination of Death

Nevada

• Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Title XXVI - Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies
• New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 523 - Evidence of Death or Other Status Incident to Hostilities

New Mexico

• New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 24 > Article 12 - Disposition of Dead Bodies

New York

• New York Laws > Public Health > Article 29-CC - Family Health Care Decisions Act
• New York Laws > Public Health > Article 29-CCC - Nonhospital Orders Not to Resuscitate

North Dakota

• North Dakota Code > Chapter 23-06 - Care and Custody of Dead
• North Dakota Code > Chapter 23-06.3 - Uniform Determination of Death Act

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 11-54 - Experimentation on Human Fetuses
• Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-4.11 - Rights of the Terminally Ill Act
• Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-18.1 - Disposition of Bodies to Be Buried with Public Funds

South Carolina

• South Carolina Code > Title 17 > Chapter 7 - Autopsies and Inquest On the Dead
• South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 43 - Dispositions of Human Bodies and Parts; Post-Mortem Examinations
• South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 77 - Death With Dignity Act
• South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 78 - Emergency Services Non-Resuscitation Order

South Dakota

• South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 34 > Chapter 26 - Custody and Disposition of Bodies and Body Parts

Tennessee

• Tennessee Code 68-4-101 - Notice of death occurring while receiving medical attention or in institution - Action taken upon expiration of eight hours - Penalty
• Tennessee Code 68-4-102 - Disposition of unclaimed bodies of persons dying in charitable or penal institutions or to be buried at public expense
• Tennessee Code 68-4-103 - Persons dying in publicly - supported institutions or to be buried at public expense - Notice to relatives - Notice to chief medical examiner - Removal of body - Embalming - Infectious or contagious cases
• Tennessee Code 68-4-104 - Distribution of bodies among medical, dental and anthropologic institutions - Receiving institution to pay expense
• Tennessee Code 68-4-105 - Bodies to be used only for promotion of science - Surrender to relative upon demand

Texas

• Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 133 - Presumption of Death
• Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies
• Texas Health and Safety Code > Title 8 > Subtitle A - Death
• Texas Health and Safety Code > Title 8 > Subtitle B - Disposition of the Body

Vermont

• Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies
• Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 113 - Patient Choice At End of Life

Virginia

• Virginia Code > Title 32.1 > Chapter 8.1 - Disposition of Dead Human Bodies
• Virginia Code 64.2-2200: Definitions
• Virginia Code 64.2-2201: Requirement of survival by 120 hours for statutory rights
• Virginia Code 64.2-2202: Requirement of survival by 120 hours under donative dispositions in governing instruments
• Virginia Code 64.2-2203: Co-owners with right of survivorship; requirement of survival by 120 hours

West Virginia

• West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 4B - Autopsies On Bodies of Deceased Persons
• West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 10 - Uniform Determination of Death Act
• West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 30C - Do Not Resuscitate Act
• West Virginia Code > Chapter 42 > Article 5 - Uniform Simultaneous Death Act