Sections
68.08.010  Coroner's jurisdiction over remains.
[1963 c 178 ยง 1; 1953 c 188 ยง 1; 1917 c 90 ยง 3; RRS ยง 6042.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.010 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.020  Notice to coroner โ€” Penalty.
[1987 c 331 ยง 55; 1917 c 90 ยง 4; RRS ยง 6043.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.020 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.030  Free care and delivery of remains.
[1917 c 90 ยง 5; RRS ยง 6044.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.030 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.040  Deceased's effects to be listed.
[1917 c 90 ยง 6; RRS ยง 6045.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.040 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.050  Removal or concealment of body โ€” Penalty.
[1917 c 90 ยง 7; RRS ยง 6046.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.050 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.060  Bodies for instruction purposes.
[1891 c 123 ยง 1; RRS ยง 10026.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.060 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.070  Bodies, when may be used for dissection.
[1959 c 23 ยง 1; 1953 c 224 ยง 2; 1891 c 123 ยง 2; RRS ยง 10027.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.070 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.080  Certificate and bond before receiving bodies.
[1891 c 123 ยง 3; RRS ยง 10028.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.080 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.090  Penalty.
[1987 c 331 ยง 56; 1891 c 123 ยง 4; RRS ยง 10029.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.090 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.100  Dissection, when permitted โ€” Autopsy of person under the age of three years.
[1963 c 178 ยง 2; 1953 c 188 ยง 2; 1909 c 249 ยง 237; RRS ยง 2489.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.100 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.101  Autopsy, post mortem โ€” Who may authorize.
[1987 c 331 ยง 57; 1977 c 79 ยง 1; 1953 c 188 ยง 11.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.101 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.102  Court petition for autopsy โ€” Cost.
[1953 c 188 ยง 12.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.102 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.103  Autopsies in industrial deaths.
[1953 c 188 ยง 6.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.103 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.104  Cost of autopsy.
[1983 1st ex.s. c 16 ยง 14; 1963 c 178 ยง 3; 1953 c 188 ยง 7.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.104 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.105  Autopsies, post mortems โ€” Reports and records confidential โ€” Exceptions.
[1987 c 331 ยง 58; 1985 c 300 ยง 1; 1977 c 79 ยง 2; 1953 c 188 ยง 9.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.105 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.106  Autopsies, post mortems โ€” Analyses โ€” Opinions โ€” Evidence โ€” Costs.
[1987 c 331 ยง 59; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 28 ยง 1; 1953 c 188 ยง 10.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.106 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.107  State toxicological laboratory established โ€” State toxicologist โ€” Washington State University police school.
[1986 c 87 ยง 2; 1983 1st ex.s. c 16 ยง 10; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 84 ยง 1; 1970 ex.s. c 24 ยง 1; 1953 c 188 ยง 13.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.107 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.108  Autopsies, post mortems โ€” Consent to embalm or cremate body โ€” Time limitation.
[1953 c 188 ยง 8.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.108 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.110  Burial or cremating.
[1987 c 331 ยง 60; 1909 c 249 ยง 238; RRS ยง 2490.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.110 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.120  Holding body for debt โ€” Penalty.
[1943 c 247 ยง 27; Rem. Supp. 1943 ยง 3778-27.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.120 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.130  Unlawful disposal of remains.
[1943 c 247 ยง 28; Rem. Supp. 1943 ยง 3778-28.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.130 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.135  Individual's remains โ€” Burial on island solely owned by individual, immediate family, or estate.
[1984 c 53 ยง 7.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.135 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.140  Opening graves โ€” Stealing body โ€” Receiving same.
[1909 c 249 ยง 239; RRS ยง 2491. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1943 c 247 ยง 25 now codified as RCW 68.08.145.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.140 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.145  Removing remains โ€” Penalty.
[1943 c 247 ยง 25; Rem. Supp. 1943 c 3778-25. Formerly RCW 68.08.140, part.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.145 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.150  Mutilating, disinterring human remains โ€” Penalty.
[1943 c 247 ยง 26; Rem. Supp. 1943 ยง 3778-26.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.150 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.160  Liability for cost of disposing of remains.
[1943 c 247 ยง 29; Rem. Supp. 1943 ยง 3778-29.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.160 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.165  Embalming services โ€” When provided without charge.
[1985 c 402 ยง 2.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.165 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.170  Effect of authorization.
[1943 c 247 ยง 30; Rem. Supp. 1943 ยง 3778-30.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.170 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.180  Right to rely on authorization โ€” State agency funding for cremation.
[1979 c 21 ยง 14; 1943 c 247 ยง 31; Rem. Supp. 1943 ยง 3778-31.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.180 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.185  Individual cremation โ€” Exception โ€” Penalty.
[1987 c 331 ยง 61; 1985 c 402 ยง 3.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.185 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.190  Liability for damages โ€” Limitation.
[1943 c 247 ยง 32; Rem. Supp. 1943 ยง 3778-32.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.190 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.200  Permission to remove remains.
[1943 c 247 ยง 33; Rem. Supp. 1943 ยง 3778-33.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.200 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.210  Notice for order to remove remains.
[1943 c 247 ยง 34; Rem. Supp. 1943 ยง 3778-34.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.210 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.220  Exceptions.
[1987 c 331 ยง 62; 1943 c 247 ยง 35; Rem. Supp. 1943 ยง 3778-35.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.220 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.230  Undisposed remains โ€” Rules.
[1985 c 402 ยง 9; 1979 c 158 ยง 218; 1937 c 108 ยง 14; RRS ยง 8323-3.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.230 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.232  Undisposed remains โ€” Entrusting to funeral homes or mortuaries.

Cross-reference section, recodified as RCW 68.50.232 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.240  Record of remains to be kept.
[1943 c 247 ยง 39; Rem. Supp. 1943 ยง 3778-39.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.240 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.245  Possession of cremated remains.
[1987 c 331 ยง 63; 1977 c 47 ยง 4.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.270 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.250  Donation of remains for medical purposes โ€” Written instrument by donor, revocation โ€” Nonliability of donee.
[1961 c 90 ยง 2.]
Repealed by 1969 c 80 ยง 10.


68.08.260  Donation of remains for medical purposes โ€” Written instrument by person having legal right to control disposition of remains โ€” Warranties.
[1961 c 90 ยง 3.]
Repealed by 1969 c 80 ยง 10.


68.08.270  Donation of remains for medical purposes โ€” "Medical purpose" defined.
[1961 c 90 ยง 4.]
Repealed by 1969 c 80 ยง 10.


68.08.280  Donation of remains for medical purposes โ€” Authority to remove parts from donated remains โ€” Who deemed donee โ€” Nonliability of institutions, physicians, etc.
[1961 c 90 ยง 4.]
Repealed by 1969 c 80 ยง 10.


68.08.290  Donation of remains for medical purposes โ€” County coroner laws applicable.
[1961 c 90 ยง 6.]
Repealed by 1983 c 3 ยง 166.


68.08.300  Corneal tissue for transplantation โ€” Authority of county coroner, medical examiner or designee to provide โ€” Conditions.
[1987 c 331 ยง 64; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 60 ยง 1.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.280 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.305  Corneal tissue for transplantation โ€” Presumption of good faith.
[1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 60 ยง 2.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.290 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.320  Release of information concerning a death.
[1981 c 176 ยง 2.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.300 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.350  Dental identification system established โ€” Powers and duties.
[1987 c 331 ยง 65; 1983 1st ex.s. c 16 ยง 15.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.310 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.355  Persons missing thirty days or more โ€” Request for consent to obtain dental records โ€” Submission of dental records to dental identification system โ€” Records to be erased when person found โ€” Availability of files.
[1984 c 17 ยง 18; 1983 1st ex.s. c 16 ยง 16.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.320 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.360  Identification of body or human remains by dental examination โ€” Comparison of dental examination records with dental records of dental identification system.
[1984 c 17 ยง 19; 1983 1st ex.s. c 16 ยง 17.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.330 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.500  Definitions.
[1981 c 44 ยง 1; 1969 c 80 ยง 2.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.340 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.510  Gift of any part of body to take effect upon death authorized โ€” Who may make โ€” Priorities โ€” Examination โ€” Rights of donee paramount.
[1987 c 331 ยง 66; 1969 c 80 ยง 3.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.350 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.520  Eligible donees โ€” Eye removal by embalmers.
[1982 c 9 ยง 1; 1979 c 37 ยง 1; 1969 c 80 ยง 4.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.360 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.530  Gift by will, card, document, or driver's license โ€” Procedures.
[1987 c 331 ยง 67; 1975 c 54 ยง 2; 1969 c 80 ยง 5.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.370 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.540  Delivery of will, card or other document to specified donee.
[1969 c 80 ยง 6.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.380 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.550  Amendment or revocation of gift.
[1969 c 80 ยง 7.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.390 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.560  Acceptance or rejection of gift โ€” Time of death โ€” Liability for damages.
[1987 c 331 ยง 68; 1969 c 80 ยง 8.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.400 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.600  Uniformity.
[1987 c 331 ยง 69; 1969 c 80 ยง 9.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.410 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.610  Short title.
[1987 c 331 ยง 70; 1969 c 80 ยง 11.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.420 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.650  Identification of potential donors โ€” Hospital procedures.
[1987 c 331 ยง 71; 1986 c 129 ยง 1.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.500 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.


68.08.660  Good faith compliance with RCW 68.08.650 โ€” Hospital liability.
[1987 c 331 ยง 72; 1986 c 129 ยง 2.]
Recodified as RCW 68.50.510 pursuant to 1987 c 331 ยง 89.