Except in cases of dissection provided for in RCW 68.50.100, and where human remains are rightfully carried through or removed from the state for the purpose of burial elsewhere, human remains lying within this state, and the remains of any dissected body, after dissection, must be decently buried, undergo cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction within a reasonable time after death.
RCW 68.50.110
Burial, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 167 Wash. App. 195 - In re the Marriage of Newlon (2012)
Most recently applied in Braun v. Selig (May 2016)
2019 c 432 s 20; 2005 c 365 s 138; 1987 c 331 s 60; 1909 c 249 s 238; RRS s 2490
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.