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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 193<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85677,"section_number":"64.2-528","catch_line":"Order in which debts and demands of decedents to be paid","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-528\/"}],"permalink":{"id":273435,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65964,"identifier":"64.2-512","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/3\/64.2-512","url":"\/64.2-512\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-512\/","token":"64.2\/II\/5\/3\/64.2-512","dublin_core":{"Title":"Funeral expenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-512","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Subject to the provisions of \u00a7 64.2-528<\/a>, reasonable funeral and burial expenses of a decedent shall be considered an obligation of the decedent’s estate, which shall be liable for such expenses to (i) the funeral establishment, (ii) the cemetery, (iii) any third-party<\/span> creditor<\/span> who finances the payment of such expenses, or (iv) any person authorized to make arrangements for the funeral of the decedent who has paid such expenses. A person who is authorized to make arrangements for the funeral of the decedent shall have the authority to bind the decedent’s estate for such expenses and may execute, on behalf of the estate, any necessary instruments.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFUNERAL EXPENSES (\u00a7 64.2-512)\n\nSubject to the provisions of \u00a7 64.2-528, reasonable funeral and burial expenses\nof a decedent shall be considered an obligation of the decedent’s estate,\nwhich shall be liable for such expenses to (i) the funeral establishment, (ii)\nthe cemetery, (iii) any third-party creditor who finances the payment of such\nexpenses, or (iv) any person authorized to make arrangements for the funeral of\nthe decedent who has paid such expenses. A person who is authorized to make\narrangements for the funeral of the decedent shall have the authority to bind\nthe decedent’s estate for such expenses and may execute, on behalf of the\nestate, any necessary instruments.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 193, \u00a7 64.1-136.1; 2012, c. 614.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}