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Embalming is NOT required in any state anywhere in the USA. Embalming is OPTIONAL, not mandatory. Embalming may be required for services that include a public viewing, however. This is closely regulated by the FTC, so the above answer saying “morticians got that law passed” is completely erroneous.
