Undertaken With Love

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This state's status: Alaska does not restrict the right of families to care for their own dead.

Searchable Online General Statutes

Alaska Statutes (external link)

Resources Specific to Funeral Law

Division of Corporations, Business & Professional Licensing (external link)

Department of Health and Social Services (external link)

In general, regulations promulgated by departments of health, such as required procedures in filing death certificates, must be followed by families caring for their own dead, while regulations promulgated by funeral service regulatory boards are binding only on funeral providers (but may affect home funerals indirectly to the extent that a family chooses to engage the limited services of licensed providers or in a few states is required to do so).

Please help us develop this section by emailing us with books or online sources specifically related to funeral law in Alaska.

Resources Specific to Home Funeral Laws

Please help us develop this section by emailing us with books or online sources specifically related to home funerals in Alaska. Or, if there is none, write a summary document regarding your findings to share here. (See North Carolina and South Carolina for an example.)

Organizations and Individuals

Please help us develop this section by emailing us with the names of organizations and individuals that serve as noncommercial resources to families serving as their own funeral directors in Alaska. Please include contact information (phone, website, email).