{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-54-1139","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 54-1139","heading":"Instructions for disposition of person’s remains.","body":"(1) A person may provide written instructions as part of a prearranged funeral plan for disposition of the person’s remains by any lawful means. The person shall execute the prearranged funeral plan, containing the instructions, as provided in section 54-1133, Idaho Code.\n(2) As used in this section, \"prearranged funeral plan\" means a plan:\n(a) For the final disposition of a person’s remains; and\n(b) That has been funded in advance of the death of the person leaving instructions for the disposition of that person’s remains.\n(3) A person, as part of a prearranged funeral plan, shall have the authority to sign all necessary or required forms, authorizations or agreements pertaining to the disposition of his remains including, but not limited to, a cremation authorization form.\n(4) A person, as part of a prearranged funeral plan, may designate a person to make decisions regarding any substitutions under section 54-1137, Idaho Code.\n(5) To the extent any provisions relating to the disposition of a person’s remains are not clearly covered in a prearranged funeral plan, then the provisions of section 54-1142, Idaho Code, shall apply. The mere ownership of a burial plot, with or without a headstone or marker, does not constitute a prearranged funeral plan.","path":["TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 11 MORTICIANS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title54/t54ch11/sect54-1139/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:22:49Z","sha256":"48468cbecd479ab98733fe36468872e2bec5e8c9389dd34a32da16dae7a6eca2","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-54-1138","next":"us-id/idaho-code-54-1140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}