144C.10 Effect of declaration.
1. The designee designated in a declaration shall have the sole discretion pursuant to the declaration to determine what final disposition of the declarant’s remains and ceremonies to be performed after the declarant’s death are reasonable under the circumstances.
2. The most recent declaration executed by a declarant shall control.
3. This chapter does not prohibit a person from conducting a separate ceremony to commemorate a declarant, at the person’s expense, to assist in the bereavement process.
4. The rights of a donee created by an anatomical gift pursuant to chapter 142C are superior to the authority of a designee under a declaration executed pursuant to this chapter.
2008 Acts, ch 1051, §15, 22; 2010 Acts, ch 1032, §1
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 144C - FINAL DISPOSITION ACT
Section 144C.3 - Declaration — designee.
Section 144C.4 - Reliance — immunities.
Section 144C.5 - Final disposition of remains — right to control.
Section 144C.6 - Declaration of designee — form — requirements.
Section 144C.7 - Revocation of declaration.
Section 144C.8 - Forfeiture of designee’s authority.
Section 144C.9 - Interstate effect of declaration.