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60. Um, no...but thanks for suggesting it for folks who might love the idea...

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Are there usually state regulations regarding the scattering of your cremated remains? [View all] CTyankee Nov 2019 OP

I suppose there could be restrictions doing so on private property w/o permission? Dennis Donovan Nov 2019 #1

A quick Google search PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #2

Yes, there are but they vary from place to place csziggy Nov 2019 #3

why people and not pets? Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #7

Because humans are "sacred" or some such superstition csziggy Nov 2019 #29

As a kid, all pets got a dignified burial in the backyard Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #44

Yep, I even have a picture of the funeral for my Dad's childhood dog in the late 1930s csziggy Nov 2019 #48

Wow. Amaxing that you have.photo Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #49

When we were clearing out the old house I grew up in csziggy Nov 2019 #50

Oh my. I have directed my Executor to perform an illegal act PufPuf23 Nov 2019 #12

Get permission from the Tribe, now that it is their land csziggy Nov 2019 #30

I'll take door #2 Alex. PufPuf23 Nov 2019 #46

I think many have rules about burying them on private residential property. If doing it, shhh. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #4

Don't ask, don't tell. hunter Nov 2019 #21

Heh! I'm going to have my cremains dumped into the city water system.. madinmaryland Nov 2019 #31

Why don't you just scatter them at the Horseshoe? El Supremo Nov 2019 #36

what are they going to do? onethatcares Nov 2019 #5

Some boaters near my son in law's boat might notice and notify the Coast Guard or whatever... CTyankee Nov 2019 #10

As a former cemetery sexton in Connecticut, Throckmorton Nov 2019 #26

Well, once they are in the ocean, I expect the salt water to take care of them... CTyankee Nov 2019 #34

When we got my dad's cremains, I thought they look like cat litter. GoneOffShore Nov 2019 #62

Go three miles out and you can scatter away!! Y'urp here we come!! mitch96 Nov 2019 #38

I have a friend who has directed that his ashes go into the LI Sound, not far from where he CTyankee Nov 2019 #39

people do what they want ...scatter at colleges, every where Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #6

There are laws here in IL, but who cares? nt Progressive Jones Nov 2019 #8

I live in the Florida Keys. tavernier Nov 2019 #9

Are you okay? edhopper Nov 2019 #11

Ditto! Hekate Nov 2019 #14

Oh, yes! I was just wondering... CTyankee Nov 2019 #15

I am glad to hear this. edhopper Nov 2019 #16

he's got a boat, which is why I thought of it. CTyankee Nov 2019 #19

Sounds like a plan edhopper Nov 2019 #20

I will live to see that abomination driven from power and that's all I want right now... CTyankee Nov 2019 #23

Many of us live for that day edhopper Nov 2019 #24

It's good to make all those choices csziggy Nov 2019 #32

I thought they put you in a bag for cremation. Why a big expensive coffin? CTyankee Nov 2019 #40

I think some people still want a coffin for the visitation and the pomp csziggy Nov 2019 #42

Not saying this is advice, but my Grandma used to say Maeve Nov 2019 #13

If someone is worried they could defacto7 Nov 2019 #17

Do it just like this! csziggy Nov 2019 #33

I scattered my Best Friend and my little Sister SonofDonald Nov 2019 #18

I would watch "The Big Lebowski" for tips on scattering ashes. world wide wally Nov 2019 #22

Yeah, don't do it this way: El Supremo Nov 2019 #35

Disneyland has a problem with this spinbaby Nov 2019 #25

I took my mom's ashes to White Oaks, New Mexico. panader0 Nov 2019 #27

I know Disney has a real problem with it. We were on Pirates of the dewsgirl Nov 2019 #28

I know Caitlin Doughty has addressed this on her xmas74 Nov 2019 #37

Yes. WA state ferries does this all the time. yewberry Nov 2019 #41

my story... handmade34 Nov 2019 #43

I've though a lot about this actually... SKKY Nov 2019 #45

I think it's up to the property owner meadowlander Nov 2019 #47

It really doesn't matter jberryhill Nov 2019 #51

I took a small bottle of my dad's ashes to game 4 of the 2014 World Series. MontanaMama Nov 2019 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2019 #53

Here there are rules but mahina Nov 2019 #54

You can go into the sea and do some good ornotna Nov 2019 #55

Did a QUICK check for you. elleng Nov 2019 #56

Thanks. Just gave it a quick read and it seems to suggest a kind of "WHATEVER!" attitude... CTyankee Nov 2019 #57

I know a pilot that tried to do it with his plane Major Nikon Nov 2019 #58

Sky Burial RichardRay Nov 2019 #59

Um, no...but thanks for suggesting it for folks who might love the idea... CTyankee Nov 2019 #60

Depends on the state but don't let that stop you Jersey Devil Nov 2019 #61

May I ask: why a container? Seems like that complicates thngs if the container isn't biodegradable CTyankee Nov 2019 #63

The "container" was biodegradable Jersey Devil Nov 2019 #64

Oh. duh... CTyankee Nov 2019 #65