Declaration of Intent to Be Cryopreserved

The Declaration of Intent to Be Cryopreserved is a document that affirms that a person has a personal interest to be cryopreserved. Provided by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, the document can help make it possible for others to sign the person up for cryopreservation in an emergency situation, including in a case of post-mortem signup. While it is always best to make cryonics arrangements while you are still healthy, the document makes it harder for third parties to challenge cryonics arrangements made on the person's behalf.

The Declaration of Intent is not a cryonics contract. It provides no access to cryonics services by any organization. Alcor makes no guarantee that it will be able to accept future arrangements made on the person's behalf, and Alcor reserves the right to change its policies in the future so that possibly no one will be able to make cryonics arrangements on the person's behalf, the Declaration of Intent notwithstanding.

The document must be signed by the person and two witnesses, and then sent to Alcor.

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I hereby declare that it is my wish that upon my legal death, my remains be preserved cryogenically or cryopreserved, and my preserved remains be stored with the hope of eventual resuscitation. This declaration supersedes and revokes any contrary provisions or arrangements, express or implied, heretofore made by me, regarding disposition of my remains upon or following my legal death. This instrument does not, however, constitute a contract with any organization or other party for the cryopreservation of my remains.