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Wash. Rev. Code § 68.50.220 (2026)

Exceptions

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RCW 68.50.200 and 68.50.210 do not apply to or prohibit the removal of any human remains from one plot to another in the same cemetery or the removal of [human] remains by a cemetery authority from a plot for which the purchase price is past due and unpaid, to some other suitable place; nor do they apply to the disinterment of human remains upon order of court or coroner. However, a cemetery authority shall provide notification to the person cited in RCW 68.50.200 before moving human remains.
[ 2005 c 365 s 145; 1987 c 331 s 62; 1943 c 247 s 35; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 3778-35. Formerly RCW 68.08.220.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2016–2018 · leading case: Southwick, Inc. v. Wash. State, 426 P.3d 693 (Wash. 2018).
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Southwick, Inc. v. Wash. State, 426 P.3d 693 (Wash. 2018). · cites it 27× “Also, RCW 68.50.220 allows cemeteries to move remains around within a Southwick, Inc.”
Braun v. Selig, 376 P.3d 447 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “) *52 ¶20 RCW 68.50.220 sets forth the circumstances in which RCW 68.”
Southwick, Inc., V State Dept Of Licensing Bus. & Professions Div (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 11× “200, which requires obtaining permission from next of kin to move human remains, and RCW 68.50.220, which provides exceptions to the consent requirement but requires notification to next of kin prior to moving human remains.”
In The Matter Of The Reinterment Of The Remains Of Kyril Faenov (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “) RCW 68.50.220 sets forth the circumstances in which RCW 68.”
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