Alaska Statutes Title 13, Chapter 13.75 - Disposition of Human Remains

• Sec. 13.75.010 Directions by Decedent.
  (a) A person may provide directions for the disposition of the person's remains by placing the directions in a disposition document. The directions may...
• Sec. 13.75.020 Persons Authorized to Control Disposition.
  (a) The following persons, in the priority listed, may control disposition of a decedent's remains:(1) a person designated in a disposition document as the...
• Sec. 13.75.030 Form of Disposition Document.
  A disposition document must be in substantially the following form: DISPOSITION DOCUMENT You can select Part 1, Part 2, or both, by completing the...
• Sec. 13.75.040 Agent's Appointment.
  The person appointed as an agent in a disposition document may sign the disposition document at any time, but the agent's authority to act...
• Sec. 13.75.050 Exercise of Authority.
  If a person fails to exercise the person's authority to control disposition under AS 13.75.020 within 48 hours after receiving notification of the decedent's...
• Sec. 13.75.060 Certain Persons Prohibited From Control.
  If a person is charged with a felonious killing in connection with a decedent's death and if the funeral director or the cemetery knows...
• Sec. 13.75.070 Prohibition of Cremation; Written Instructions.
  A person may not authorize cremation for a decedent's remains if a decedent has left directions in a disposition document that the decedent does...
• Sec. 13.75.080 Implementation of Directions.
  (a) The person authorized to control the disposition shall carry out the directions of the decedent to the extent that the decedent's estate or...
• Sec. 13.75.090 Misrepresentation; Liability.
  If a person represents that the person knows the identity of a decedent and, with the intent to procure the disposition of the decedent's...
• Sec. 13.75.100 Liability.
  (a) A disposition organization is not liable for carrying out the directions of a decedent if the disposition organization carries out the directions of...
• Sec. 13.75.110 Disputes.
  (a) A person listed in AS 13.75.020 who is involved in a dispute with one or more persons listed in AS 13.75.020 about which...
• Sec. 13.75.120 Exemptions.
  The disposition of the remains of a member of the organized militia under AS 26.05.262 , the disposition of the remains of a member...
• Sec. 13.75.190 Definitions.
  In this chapter,(1) "control" means the authority to control disposition;(2) "directions" means(A) instructions for the disposition of a person's remains;(B) the appointment of an...
• Sec. 13.75.195 Short Title.
  This chapter may be cited as the Disposition of Human Remains Act.

Last modified: November 15, 2016