68.50.170 - Effect of authorization. - Washington Statutes

Effect of authorization.

Any person signing any authorization for the interment or cremation of any human remains warrants the truthfulness of any fact set forth in the authorization, the identity of the person whose human remains are sought to be interred or cremated, and his or her authority to order interments or cremation. That person is personally liable for all damage occasioned by or resulting from breach of such warranty.

[2005 c 365 § 142; 1943 c 247 § 30; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-30. Formerly RCW 68.08.170.]