Funeral Rule Information

Consumer Information

  • Funerals: A Consumer Guide [ TEXT ] [ PDF ]

  • Paying Final Respects: Your Rights When Buying Funeral Goods & Services [TEXT] [PDF]

Business Information

  • Complying with the Funeral Rule [ TEXT ] [ PDF ]

Rules and Acts

  • Funeral Rule Text: 16 CFR Part 453 [ PDF ]

  • Funeral Industry Practices: 16 C.F.R. Part 453: Final Amended Trade Regulation Rule, Statement of Basis and Purpose and Final Regulatory and Regulatory Flexibility Analyses (January 11, 1994): Text of the Federal Register Notice [PDF]

  • Funeral Industry Practices: 16 C.F.R. Part 453 : Final Trade Regulation Rule, Statement of Basis and Purpose and Regulatory Analysis, and Dissenting Statement of Chairman James C. Miller III (September 24, 1982) Text of the Federal Register Notice [ PDF]

Staff Comments and Letters

  • How To Comply: Recent Staff Advisory Opinions [TEXT]

Commission Interpretive Letters

  • Commission Interpretive Letter on the Construction of the Term "Cash Advance Item" (July 7, 2005). [PDF]

En Español

  • Funerales: Una Guia Para el Consumidor [ TEXT ] [ PDF ]

  • Cómo Cumplir con la Regla de Funerales [ TEXT ] [ PDF ]