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Death: Related Laws

Alaska

  • Alaska Statutes > 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 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
  • Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-42 - 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

Utah

  • Utah Code > Title 26 > Chapter 34 - Uniform Determination of Death Act
  • Utah Code > Title 62A > Chapter 16 - Fatality Review Act

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
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