                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSON TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNERAL AND DISPOSITION OF REMAINS (§
54.1-2825)

A. Any person may designate in a signed and notarized writing, which has been
accepted in writing by the person so designated, an individual who shall make
arrangements and be otherwise responsible for his funeral and the disposition of
his remains, including cremation, interment, entombment, or memorialization, or
some combination thereof, upon his death. Such designee shall have priority over
all persons otherwise entitled to make such arrangements, provided that a copy
of the signed and notarized writing is provided to the funeral service
establishment and to the cemetery, if any, no later than 48 hours after the
funeral service establishment has received the remains. Nothing in this section
shall preclude any next of kin from paying any costs associated with any funeral
or disposition of any remains, provided that such payment is made with the
concurrence of any person designated to make arrangements.

B. In cases in which a person has designated in a U.S. Department of Defense
Record of Emergency Data (DD Form 93) or any successor form an individual to
make arrangements for his funeral and disposition of his remains, and such
person dies while serving in any branch of the United States Armed Forces as
defined in 10 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1481, such designee shall be responsible for making
such arrangements.

HISTORY: 1989, c. 684; 1998, c. 718; 2010, cc. 324, 380.