Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 18. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, EMBALMERS, AND CREMATORIES · Article 1. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, EMBALMERS, AND CREMATORIES · Part 4. OPERATION OF FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND CREMATORIES

43-18-79. Death of license holder.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

No funeral establishment, organic human reduction facility, or crematory license shall terminate upon the death of the holder thereof but shall pass to the legal representative of the deceased or, if there is no legal representative, to the widow of the deceased who may continue to operate the establishment, facility, or crematory for the unexpired time of the license.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 43-18-79, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2762, § 6; Ga. L. 2025, p. 269, § 1-11/SB 241, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, inserted “, organic human reduction facility or crematory,” and “, facility, or crematory”.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t43-ch1-32-(v30)-pdf.pdf, Volume V30, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, page 199; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 2878b50660ad.