Indigent Remains Program offered by Public Health - Seattle & King County's Medical Examiner
908 Jefferson Street, 2nd Floor, Seattle, WA 98104
Across the street and northwest of Harborview Medical Center in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Call King County Metro at (206) 553-3000 or visit http://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/ for public transit information.
Voice
Contact a local funeral home. Most funeral homes know about this program and will assist families in filling out the necessary forms to apply. Verification process takes around 21 days.
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King, WA
Description
Administers a program to provide cremation for a deceased person if next of kin cannot be found or the family meets the financial eligibility requirements. There are no provisions for a funeral service. Decedents in the program are cremated, and then stored in a secure location at the King County Medical Examiner's Office until a ceremony and burial are held, typically every two years. The decedents are buried in individual containers in shared plots, and records are kept for each one so that they may be recovered at a later point in time if a family member requests.
Providing organization
Public Health - Seattle & King County's Medical Examiner
Investigates and determines the cause and manner of sudden, violent, suspicious and non-natural deaths occurring in King County. Administers the indigent disposition program, which provides cremation funds for deceased persons, if next of kin cannot be found or if person and immediate family have no assets.