Check a funeral home, crematory or cemetery license
Every funeral home, crematory and cemetery with an active state license in California, Connecticut, Illinois (cemeteries) and Virginia (cemetery companies), from the states' own files: license type and number, how long it has been licensed and any discipline or status reason the state publishes.
- State-licensed status from the official record, with the date we checked
- License type
- Status
- License expires
- Licensed since
- Address and phone from the public record
No ratings for sale. Featured spots are labelled and never change the order.
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Where the most licensed providers are listed.
How it works
Compiled from DCA public license data: Cemetery and Funeral Bureau files, DCA License Search (Cemetery and Funeral Bureau), Connecticut DPH licensing data (data.ct.gov ngch-56tr), IDFPR Professional Licensing dataset (pzzh-kp68), Virginia DPOR Cemetery Board regulant list, FTC Funeral Rule (16 CFR Part 453), FTC: Shopping for Funeral Services.
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Every licensed provider in the public record for your city — not just the ones that paid to be listed.
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State-licensed status, key facts and the date we last refreshed the data, on every profile.
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Plain-English answers, with links to the official sources.
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Common questions
Does a funeral home have to tell me prices over the phone?
Yes. Under the FTC Funeral Rule, a funeral provider must give accurate price information from its price lists to anyone who asks by phone (16 CFR 453.2(b)(1)). In person, it must give you a general price list when you begin discussing arrangements.
Do I have to buy a casket for cremation?
No. It is an unfair practice for a funeral provider or crematory to require a casket for direct cremation, and providers that arrange direct cremations must offer an alternative container (16 CFR 453.4(a)).
Can I buy a casket or urn somewhere else?
Yes. The Funeral Rule bars providers from conditioning their services on buying other goods or charging a fee to use a casket you supply beyond the fees it allows (16 CFR 453.4(b)). California law also bans casket handling fees (Bus. & Prof. Code 7685.1).
Is embalming required?
Usually not. Providers may not charge for embalming without prior approval unless law requires it, and may not claim it's required for direct cremation, immediate burial or a closed-casket funeral without viewing when refrigeration is available (16 CFR 453.3, 453.5).
Why does a Connecticut listing say "prior discipline"?
That is the status reason Connecticut's Department of Public Health publishes for that active license. We show it exactly as published; ask DPH for details.
Do you show prices?
No. The state files don't include prices, and we don't estimate them. Ask each provider for its general price list; the FTC Funeral Rule requires them to share prices by phone.