Direct cremation in Richardson — $1,750
Richardson is our closest service city — often under twenty minutes from our Greenville Avenue office. For nearly every address here a transfer team is with you quickly.
From a Richardson hospital
The major receiving hospitals include Methodist Richardson Medical Center near the President George Bush Turnpike and Texas Health Presbyterian Richardson. Each holds a decedent until a named provider arrives, without pressure.
Let the nurse know you have chosen us and give them our number. Because we are so close, we can usually reach a Richardson hospital faster than almost anywhere we serve, and we manage the release with them directly.
The county paperwork
Most of Richardson is in Dallas County, with a northern portion reaching into Collin County. The death certificate must be signed and filed with Texas Vital Statistics before a cremation permit issues, and the state 48-hour wait applies either way.
An unattended death on the Dallas side is referred to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences; on the Collin side, to the Collin County Medical Examiner in McKinney. We cannot collect your loved one until the body is released. Certified copies are $21 for the first and $4 for each additional, at cost.
Across the city
We serve all of Richardson — the Telecom Corridor along US-75, the CityLine district to the north, and the older residential streets in the west and south of the city. As our nearest neighbour, Richardson is the quickest run we make, and the $1,750 is the same as anywhere else.
How long it takes, and what Dallas County decides
The price does not change from one city to the next — direct cremation is $1,750 whether the transfer starts in Richardson or on our own street. What does change is the county. Dallas County runs its own death-certificate counter and its own permit process, and it is the county that decides whether a death goes to a medical examiner or to a justice of the peace. That single fact is what moves a cremation timeline by days.
Everything else is fixed by state law rather than by us or by Dallas County. Texas forbids a cremation earlier than 48 hours after death unless the wait is waived, and nothing can begin until the person with the legal right to control disposition has signed. Most families here see ashes returned within one to two weeks of the first call.
The same price, the whole metroplex
Richardson sits inside the five counties we cover within 50 miles of Dallas. The transfer is included wherever you are inside it. See what the $1,750 includes, the full service area, or how to reach us.
Richardson questions
How much is direct cremation in Richardson?
It is $1,750, all-inclusive, anywhere in Richardson. That covers transfer, refrigerated care, the container, the crematory fee, permits, the death-certificate filing, and a standard urn.
How fast can you get to Richardson?
Richardson is our closest service city, frequently under twenty minutes from our Greenville Avenue office. It is usually the quickest transfer we make anywhere in the metroplex.
Richardson crosses a county line — does that matter?
Only for which medical examiner handles an unattended death: Dallas County for most of the city, Collin County in McKinney for the northern part. The $1,750 and the process do not change.
Calling from Richardson?
A person answers, at any hour. Tell us where your loved one is and we will start from there.