Colorado Code
Part 1 - Public Peace and Order
§ 18-9-101. Definitions

As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1.4) "Funeral" means the ceremonies, rituals, and memorial services held in connection with the final disposition or memorial of a deceased person, including the assembly and dispersal of the mourners.
(1.5) "Funeral site" means a church, synagogue, mosque, funeral home, mortuary, cemetery, gravesite, mausoleum, or other place where a funeral is conducted.


Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 466, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-9-101. L. 95: (2) amended, p. 1255, § 18, effective July 1. L. 2006: (1.4) and (1.5) added, p. 1198, § 2, effective May 26. L. 2021: (1.4) amended, (SB 21-006), ch. 123, p. 496, § 23, effective September 7.
Editor's note: Section 31(2) of chapter 123 (SB 21-006), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to final dispositions of human remains or human fetuses made on or after September 7, 2021.
Cross references: In 2006, subsections (1.4) and (1.5) were added by the "Right to Rest in Peace Act". For the title and legislative declaration, see section 1 of chapter 262, Session Laws of Colorado 2006.

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