Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What would I do if a loved one were to die away from home?
A.  The Plan provides quality service, 24 hours a day through an international network of cooperating mortuaries. Your Membership Identification Card carried in your wallet instructs law enforcement/coroner and medical personnel to notify Sunset Plan immediately.

Q. How Does the Plan Work?
A.  Since all necessary legal forms and detailed instructions have been completed in advance by the member, Sunset Plan is able to respond immediately upon notification of death (24 hours a day). The Decedent is immediately transported to licensed private mortuary holding facilities. Once the death certificate has been signed by the attending physician or coroner, a county permit is issued by the health department allowing the particular arrangements to proceed.

Q. Who has the Legal Right to Make Arrangements  for Burial or Cremation?
A.  The California Health and Safety Code lists the persons who have the right to make decisions about disposition arrangements after an individual's death unless other written instructions are left (i.e. Sunset Plan Membership Registration):

(1) an attorney-in-fact under a durable power  of attorney for health care, (2) spouse, (3) adult children, (4) parents, and (5) other surviving competent adult kin. Upon completion of Sunset Plan Membership Registration, be sure to provide copies of your instructions to family members and keep your own copy in a handy place. 

Legal Notice:
Sunset Plan is a licensed funeral director regulated by the State Department of Consumer Affairs Funeral Division and is subject to the Federal trade Commission rules and regulations governing funeral practices in the United States.  California license number FD1527, insurance license number 0672071 with administrative offices located in Ventura, California.

Call toll-free 1-800-400-1244