Bill Text: VA HB659 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Funeral services; burial power of attorney.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice [HB659 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-HB659-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 659 Offered January 13, 2010 Prefiled January 12, 2010 A BILL to amend and reenact §54.1-2825 of the Code of Virginia, relating to funeral services; burial power of attorney. ---------- Patron-- Armstrong ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §54.1-2825 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§54.1-2825. Person to make arrangements for disposition of remains.

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 for his burial or funeral and the disposition of his remains, including cremation, upon his death. Such designee shall have priority over all persons entitled to make such arrangements.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, any contract made by a decedent's next of kin with a funeral establishment or cemetery for the decedent's funeral and burial shall be an obligation of the decedent's estate in accordance with §64.1-136.1, to the extent that goods have been provided and services have been rendered without knowledge by the funeral establishment or cemetery of a designation described in subsection A.