California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §7613.10: When it has been alleged by verified petition pursuant to Section 7613.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who refuses to deliver cemetery authority assets, books, or records after a bureau seizure order is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine up to $1,000, imprisonment up to one year, or both.

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When it has been alleged by verified petition pursuant to Section 7613.1 or when the bureau on its own investigation determines that there is probable cause to believe that any of the conditions set forth in Section 7613.9 exist or that irreparable loss and injury to the endowment care funds of a cemetery authority has occurred or may occur unless the bureau so acts immediately, the bureau, without notice and before applying to the court for any order, may take possession of the endowment care funds and the books, records, and accounts relating thereto of the cemetery authority, and retain possession subject to the order of the court. Any person having possession of and refusing to deliver any assets, books, or records of a cemetery authority against which a seizure order has been issued by the bureau shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

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