Guides

Plain, factual guides to the questions worth answering before you contact a funeral home. Written by the 614funeralcare editorial team and updated as things change.

Explainer · Updated Aug 2026

How to read a General Price List

The federal Funeral Rule entitles you to an itemised price list you can take home, and it has to be handed over rather than requested.Explainer · Updated Aug 2026

Who decides what happens after a death in Ohio

Ohio calls it the right of disposition: one person holds it, it can be assigned in advance, and there is a fixed order of priority when nobody was named.Explainer · Updated Aug 2026

Cremation in Ohio: what has to happen before it can go ahead

Ohio sets a twenty-four hour minimum and three documents a crematory must hold first, and it never requires embalming as the price of any of it.Explainer · Updated Aug 2026

Preneed funeral contracts in Ohio

Who may sell a contract paid for in advance, how Ohio requires the money to be held, and the seven-day right to rescind and get everything back.How-to · Updated Aug 2026

How to check an Ohio funeral home's licence, or file a complaint

Ohio licenses each funeral home for one street address; this is how to look a licence up, how a complaint is handled, and what this directory has not checked.Explainer · Updated Aug 2026

Indigent burial and cremation support in Ohio: who it actually pays

Ohio's programme reimburses a township or municipality rather than a family, so this sets out where the duty sits and who a family should contact.