Funeral expenses accepted - Application for a death benefit
The Régie will reimburse the person who paid the funeral expenses, up to a maximum of 2 500 $, for the following expenses, upon presentation of payment receipts:
- transportation of the body
- embalming
- casket
- funeral urn and niche
- visitation at the funeral home
- funeral service
- burial or cremation
- the services of a funeral director
- publication of notices of death
- cemetery lot (in proportion to the expenses for the deceased)
- funeral monument (or inscription) (in proportion to the expenses for the deceased)
- expenses incurred for telephone calls or telegrams to reach or attempt to reach members of the immediate family
- thank you cards
- taxes charged on reimbursable expenses
In case of doubt, contact us.