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
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