Funeral Executors: Your Biggest Questions, Answered
What’s the role of a “funeral executor?” More and more frequently, people are appointing “funeral executors” – sometimes also called “funeral agents” – in the role of seeing...
Laws & Regulations
Embalming Fluid as a Controlled Substance: The Rakim Shackleford Act
House Bill 278 (Public) Filed Monday, March 6, 2023 AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION AND UNLAWFUL SALE OF EMBALMING FLUID AND TO MAKE OTHER...
Funeral Home Owner Charged In Cemetery Shooting Death at 10-Year-Old’s Funeral
The owner of a Maryland funeral service company has been arrested for the shooting death of a pallbearer who was reportedly affiliated with a rival funeral home. The...
ICCFA’s Government & Legal Committee Resumes Annual Trip to Capitol Hill
STERLING, VA (April 26, 2023) – The International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association’s Government and Legal Committee returned to Capitol Hill on March 21-23, 2023, after a few...
The State of the EPA’s Formaldehyde Investigation
You’ve probably heard all about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation on formaldehyde. You probably also know that since the study began, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)...
Hess and Koch Sentenced for Sunset Mesa Atrocities
The two owners of the now-infamous Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors in Montrose, Colorado received their respective prison sentences on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, and for some victims of...
FTC Extends Public Comment Period on Potential Funeral Rule Changes to January 17, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission has voted to extend the public comment period for its advanced notice of proposed rulemaking on changes to the Funeral Rule to January 17,...