West Virginia · funeral and cremation law
Funeral and cremation law in West Virginia
Who decides, what has to wait, and what a funeral home must tell you. Every fact links to its statute. Not legal advice.
- Paperwork before a cremation
West Virginia requires authorization before final disposition. When the body is to be cremated, a separate cremation authorization must be obtained from the appropriate medical examiner, county medical examiner, or county coroner. The state's ordinary final-disposition authorization and its cremation-specific medical authorization work together. A funeral home may therefore need more paperwork for cremation than for another form of disposition.
The estate letter · West Virginia
After the funeral: settling the estate, one month at a time
Twelve months of steps with West Virginia's own numbers and deadlines. Read the checklist now, or sign up there for one email a month.
Get the estate letter- Month 1The first things to gather
- Month 2Work out what the estate is
- Month 3Get the authority to act
- 9 more months
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