                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROOF OF NEXT OF KIN STATUS (§ 54.1-2807.03)

A. A funeral service licensee may require that a person claiming next of kin
status, in accordance with the definition of next of kin in &#xA7; 54.1-2800,
execute a document affirming that such person is the next of kin. Upon execution
of this form, the funeral service licensee is exempt from any liability for
allowing such person to proceed with funeral planning for the decedent.

B. A funeral service licensee may, as a part of affirming that such person is
next of kin under this section, rely on the decedent&#8217;s will that names
such person as the individual the decedent wishes to serve as next of kin for
making funeral and burial arrangements, regardless of whether the will has been
probated.

HISTORY: 2024, c. 200.