# Moving A Corpse Across Several States-Legal And Financial Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 4, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-a-corpse-across-several-states-legal-and-financial-questions/367399 "2006-08-04T22:52:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-a-corpse-across-several-states-legal-and-financial-questions/367399/21 "2006-08-05T22:38:20Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] **Guinastasia** Nefarious? Nah. I’ll be inheritting cool stuff from my dad by completely legitimate means after he dies of natural causes. Considering his current state, I give him three weeks at the outside. [/QUOTE] D’oh! Oh shit, I am so very very sorry. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-a-corpse-across-several-states-legal-and-financial-questions/367399/22 "2006-08-05T22:48:10Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] D’oh! Oh shit, I am so very very sorry. [/QUOTE] Meh. I figured it was a tossup between somebody connecting the two threads and guessing a death in the family, or guessing I was writing the tale of Shlomo The Unspeakable, Jewish Necromancer. Nobody could know for sure which it was. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-a-corpse-across-several-states-legal-and-financial-questions/367399/23 "2006-08-06T00:08:16Z")
Doc, I’m sorry to hear about your father. Let me ask a Philly Jewish friend - his mother was buried a few days after our wedding. I don’t know if there are other requirements for your dad, but the eldest daughter was Orthodox and perhaps the home will be okay for that. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-a-corpse-across-several-states-legal-and-financial-questions/367399/24 "2006-08-06T00:15:22Z")
Email sent to you, Doc. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-a-corpse-across-several-states-legal-and-financial-questions/367399/25 "2006-08-06T02:22:06Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] I don’t know if there are other requirements for your dad. [/QUOTE] A nice, Jewish funeral home will do. I can find them in the yellow pages as easily as I could find kosher delis or all you can eat Chinese buffets. Re $1500 My mother revealed to me that this is the price quoted to her by a relative who had to move three corpses from Florida to Philly. Considering that this woman’s mother, father, uncle, husband and dog died in a span of six months, I doubt she was at her bargaining, comparison-shopping best. I think her $1500 may include several charges she was soaked on. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-a-corpse-across-several-states-legal-and-financial-questions/367399/26 "2006-08-06T02:57:20Z")
First, I accidentally replied to the webmaster at the SDMB. Then, I replied to your e-mail. When I answered your post here, I forgot the manners. Oops. Thank you for your kind offer. I appreciate it. But finding an acceptable funeral home is not one of the problems I am having. But, thank you again for your offer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-a-corpse-across-several-states-legal-and-financial-questions/367399.md?page=1)