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State of Oregon Related Sites:
This page was last updated August 28 2009
(* indicates added on that date)
 
Administration of Estates - Probate (ORS 113.085 and OAR 141-35-0020 require the Department of State Lands to be notified immediately upon the death of a person when it appears there are no known heirs or a valid will. This notification is generally provided by the County Medical Examiner, but it also comes from landlords, nursing home administrators, hospitals, funeral homes, neighbors, friends, and attorneys.)
 
Archives Division, Genealogy Records
 
Office of Degree Authorization
 
Boards & Commissions, Executive Appointments 
 
Cemetery Endowment Care 
 
Corporation Division 
 
Death certificates, disinterment permits 
 
Death Registration System, Electronic 
 
Death With Dignity Act 
 
Department of State Lands (Department of State Lands to be notified immediately upon the death of a person when it appears there are no known heirs or a valid will. )
 
Medical Examiners Board
 
Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries
 
Oregon Licenses, Permits & Registrations 
 
Oregon State Archives - Genealogy Records 
 
Prearranged funeral plans funded by insurance 
 
Prearranged funeral plans funded by trusts (list of cemeteries, funeral homes that are identified as Certified Providers)  
 
State Medical Examiner’s Office
 
Vital Records Contact Info (Death Records, County Vital Records Problems, Disinterment Permits/Burial Cremation Tags, Corrections to Certificate)

 
Vital Records FAQ
 
Vital Records Funeral Directors Reports
 

Other Government Sites:
 
Consumer rights under the Funeral Rule
 
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Facts for consumers 
 
FTC Facts for consumers - caskets and burial vaults
 
FTC Guidelines for the funeral provider
 
FTC Staff Opinions
 
Idaho State Board of Morticians
 
Metro's Regional Parks and Greenspaces Department Pioneer Cemeteries
 
Oregon Military Funeral Honors 
 
State of California, Cemetery and Funeral Bureau
 
State of Washington, Death Certificates
 
State of Washington, Department of Licensing, Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
 
State of Washington, Department of Licensing, Cemetery Board
 
State of Washington, Department of Licensing, Funeral Establishments *

Non-government sites:
 
These website links are provided only for the convenience and information of the public.  Neither the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board nor State of Oregon endorse or sponsor the products, services or information provided by any of the following links.
 
 
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
 
American Board of Funeral Service Education (Sole accreditor of college and university programs in funeral service education and mortuary science in the United States.)
 
American Board of Funeral Service Education listing of accredited institutions 
 
Cemetery Association of Oregon 
 
Community Tissue Services *
 
Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams (DMORT)  This is a Federal Level Response team designed to provide mortuary assistance in the case of a mass fatality incident or cemetery related incident, and works under the local jurisdictional authorities such as Coroner / Medical Examiners, Law Enforcement and Emergency Managers.  This site is sponsored and run by the DMORT teams to provide updated and ancillary information to official communication channels. This is NOT an official government website.
 
Donate Life Northwest *
 
Funeral Consumers Alliance (National)
 
Funeral Consumers Alliance of Oregon 
 
The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, Inc.
 
Lions Eye Bank *
 
Mt. Hood Community College, Funeral Service Education Program
 
National Funeral Directors & Morticians Association, Inc.
 
National Funeral Directors Association
 
Oregon Funeral Directors Association
 
Oregon Health Sciences University, Body Donation Program
 
Pacific NW Transplant Bank *
 
Parents of Murdered Children
 
Patriot Guard Riders 
 
The Red Book Online, The National Directory of Morticians (for information regarding international shipping, burial at sea, etc.)
 
 
Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 430
Portland OR 97232-2195
971-673-1500
971-673-1501 - fax
                                                      Contact the Board via email
 
 

 
Page updated: August 28, 2009

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