Hello List: I put this question to my local library's on-line Ask A Librarian and received the answer below. Gloria Lester >>^. .^<< [Librarian]: Closed by Librarian #104339. [Answer]: Hello, and thanks for using Ask a Librarian. According to the information I have found, burial permits were required by the STATE in 1907, and so that date would also apply to King County. I checked with an official with the Office of Vital Statistics for the State of Washington, and he indicated that 1907 was the year when burial permits were required. The Revised Code of Washington, which are state laws, includes a section on Vital Statistics--Title 70, section 58. Here is a link to these laws--you may want to look at the sections that include information about burial permits (70.58.230-) At the bottom of each of these laws, there is a brief legislative history, and it indicates that these laws were originally passed by the legislature in 1907. William at Ask a Librarian ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!