§ 23-14-55-1 — Warranty and liability of individual signing authorization

Indiana § 23-14-55-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 23: BUSINESS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
• Art. 14: CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS
• Ch. 55: Authorization for Interment, Entombment, or Inurnment

Text

(a) An individual who signs an authorization
for the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment of any human
remains:
(1) is considered to warrant the truthfulness of:
(A) any fact set forth in the authorization;
(B) the identity of the person for whose remains cremation,
interment, entombment, or inurnment is sought; and
(C) the individual's authority to order the cremation, interment,
entombment, or inurnment; and
(2) is personally and individually liable to pay damages in
compensation for harm that:
(A) is caused by; or
(B) results from;
the signing of the authorization for cremation, interment,
entombment, or inurnment.
(b) A cemetery or crematory that relies in good faith on a signed
authorization for the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment
of human remains is not civilly or criminally liable or subject to
disciplinary actions for carrying out the disposition of the decedent's
remains in accordance with the instructions in the authorization.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.34-2011, SEC.2; P.L.6-2012, SEC.162.