3.45.050 Procedures.
(1) The County Administrator or his/her designee shall review and, after appropriate inquiry, grant or deny applications for the reimbursement of the cost of final disposition of the remains of any indigent person who dies within the County and whose body is unclaimed. Application shall be made in the form specified and provided by the County Administrator. The person making the application shall certify that the application is for the payment of the cost of final disposition of a person who:
(a) Died within the County;
(b) Is indigent; and
(c) Whose body is unclaimed and that the information contained therein is true under penalty of perjury.
(2) In determining whether an unclaimed decedent for whom application is made is indigent, the following shall be considered:
(a) The decedent’s estate and resources, including, but not limited to, real estate, personal property, cash, bank accounts, contents of safety deposit boxes, nursing home trust accounts, veterans death benefits, workmen’s compensation, Social Security death benefits, life insurance or burial insurance;
(b) Any person on public assistance at the time of his/her death is presumed to be indigent.