California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §7673.1: (a) A cremated remains disposer who stores cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains in a reckless manner that results in either of the following is guilty of a public offense punishable by impriso

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A cremated remains disposer who recklessly stores cremated or hydrolyzed remains in a way that causes loss or inability to identify them commits a public offense punishable by up to one year jail and/or up to $5,000 fine.

Read the full statutory text

(a) A cremated remains disposer who stores cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains in a reckless manner that results in either of the following is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment: (1) Loss of all or part of the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains. (2) Inability to individually identify the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains. (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.

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