58-9-601. Advance directions.
(1) A person may provide written directions, acknowledged before a notary public or executed with the same formalities required of a will under Section, to direct the preparation, type, and place of the person's disposition, including: 75-2-502 designating a funeral service establishment; providing directions for burial arrangements; providing directions for cremation arrangements; or providing directions for alkaline hydrolysis arrangements.
(2) A funeral service director shall carry out the written directions of the decedent prepared under this section to the extent that: the directions are lawful; and the decedent has provided resources to carry out the directions.
(3) Directions for disposition contained in a will shall be carried out pursuant to Subsectionregardless of: (2) the validity of other aspects of the will; or the fact that the will may not be offered or admitted to probate until a later date.
(4) A person may change or cancel written directions prepared under this section at any time prior to the person's death by providing written notice to all applicable persons, including: if the written directions designate a funeral service establishment or funeral service director, the funeral service establishment or funeral service director designated in the written directions; and if the written directions are contained in a will, the personal representative as defined in Section. 75-1-201