California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §7718: Every person who, after a death or while a death is impending, solicits or accepts any sum of money or other valuable consideration, directly or indirectly, from a funeral establishment, funeral direc

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a misdemeanor by soliciting or accepting money or valuables from a funeral establishment, director, or embalmer to obtain their business after or during a death.

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Every person who, after a death or while a death is impending, solicits or accepts any sum of money or other valuable consideration, directly or indirectly, from a funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer, his, her, or its agent or representative, in order that the funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer might obtain business, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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