When you and your family visit one of the Fair Oaks, CA funeral homes to make funeral arrangements for a loved one, you’ll need to be ready to fill out some forms. There will be quite a few forms that will need to be completed throughout the funeral planning process. If you fail to fill out any of these forms in a timely fashion, it could lead to delays in your loved one’s funeral services. For this reason, you should see to it that these forms are on your radar from the very start. Here are some of the most important forms you’ll be asked to fill out at a funeral home.

Vital statistics form

At the very beginning of the funeral planning process, a funeral home in Fair Oaks, CA is going to ask you to provide them with as much information as you can about your loved one. To do this, you’ll need to fill out what’s called a vital statistics form. You should take your time with this form and try to gather as much information as you can about your loved one while going through it. It’ll equip a funeral home with all the info they’ll need to get the ball rolling in the right direction when it comes to your loved one’s funeral plans.

Authorization to accept or decline the embalming form

If you’re going to hold a viewing for a loved one prior to their funeral services, you might want to consider having them embalmed. Embalming your loved one will help to preserve their body for a little longer than it might last otherwise. You’re also welcome to decline to embalm if you don’t feel as though it’s necessary. Either way, you’ll need to fill out this form to let a funeral home know how to proceed.

Cremation authorization form

If you’re going to be burying a loved one, you obviously won’t need to worry about filling out this form. But if you’re going to be cremating them, you’ll have to complete this form to give a funeral home the right to carry out their cremation. Legally, a funeral home won’t be able to get the cremation process underway without having this form completed. It’s why you shouldn’t hesitate to fill it out if you know that you would like to have your loved one cremated.

Payment authorization form

You’re going to need to decide how you and your family will pay for a loved one’s funeral services from the start. You’ll also need to get a payment authorization form on file with a funeral home so that they know how you’ll be getting things squared away with them. Talk to your family about how you would like to pay a funeral home and then fill out this form so that you’re able to get on the same page with a funeral home.

When you plan a loved one’s funeral services in Fair Oaks, CA through our funeral home, we’ll make sure you fill out all the necessary forms. We’ll also break down the forms further to make sure you understand what you’re signing. Contact us to begin making funeral arrangements for your loved one.