Sacramento cremation costs

Typical costs for ZIP 95814

These figures are a California statewide typical range. They start from the NFDA 2023 member General Price List study national medians, then a documented ZIP multiplier. The dollar ranges on this site are typical local estimates for education. They are not a quote from a specific firm and not a contract.

Ask the licensed provider for an itemized General Price List before you buy. Under the FTC Funeral Rule, you have a right to that list. Read the full consumer-rights explainer on the General Price List guide. Package definitions stay on the direct cremation and cremation vs. burial guides — this page does not reprint them.

Local planning in Sacramento

Downtown Sacramento sits at the confluence of the American and Sacramento rivers, around the Capitol and the 5 / 50 interchange. Relatives often fly into Sacramento International Airport (SMF) and stay in a downtown or Midtown hotel. That airport is north of downtown; transfer mileage is a list question. A later gathering in a rented hall in Midtown or East Sacramento is usually a separate hire.

Sample ZIP 95814 is a downtown Sacramento postal code on the California statewide placeholder, which starts from NFDA 2023 national medians without the Los Angeles or Bay Area metro step. It is still not a quote for Elk Grove, Roseville, or every 958xx ZIP. Do not import a coastal multiplier because relatives drove in from the Bay Area.

We do not invent a Sacramento funeral establishment. Use the Department of Consumer Affairs license search. NFDA’s 2024 California figure near 70.5% describes dispositions statewide. It does not set a Capitol mall package and does not mean inland cremation is automatically cheap.

Cemetery plot and niche charges in the Sacramento Valley are cemetery bills this page does not publish. This page does not state American River Parkway scattering rules.

Cremation by ZIP does not operate in Sacramento. We do not cremate, bury, or arrange services.

Paperwork and who to call

A death in Sacramento is registered in Sacramento County. The County Clerk/Recorder maintains records of deaths that occurred in the county (3636 American River Drive on the county site we cite). Confirm current copy fees and whether a recent death should start with county public health / vital records or with the Clerk/Recorder — counties sometimes split recent versus archived files.

CDPH-VR lists $26 per certified VS 112 death copy as of January 1, 2026 and still recommends the county of death for a recent event. Sacramento City Hall is not the vital-records counter. Do not use the Los Angeles registrar for a Sacramento death.

Sacramento County has a coroner function for deaths under that office’s jurisdiction. Not every downtown death is a coroner case. Ask the licensed funeral establishment you hire.

Confirm any funeral establishment number on search.dca.ca.gov. The FTC Funeral Rule applies in Sacramento.

Licensed providers in Sacramento

Confirm a license on the California Department of Consumer Affairs license search.

Questions to take to a licensed provider

This is a shopping list, not a script that binds any firm in Sacramento.

1. May I have your current General Price List in writing, including the direct-cremation line?
2. What is the price of direct cremation when we use your alternative container?
3. If we bring an urn purchased elsewhere, what — if anything — do you charge to handle it?
4. Does your transfer area include ZIP 95814 and SMF, or is mileage billed from another Valley yard?
5. For a death this week, which Sacramento County counter should order the certified copies, and what cash-advance fee will you list?

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