California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §7207: Whenever, through the failure of any person to notify the State department, or promptly to deliver the body of a deceased indigent as required by the State department, such body becomes unfit for scie

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What this law says, in plain English

When someone fails to notify the State department or promptly deliver a deceased indigent's body as required, resulting in the body becoming unfit for scientific or educational purposes, the State department certifies this and those responsible must pay for burial.

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Whenever, through the failure of any person to notify the State department, or promptly to deliver the body of a deceased indigent as required by the State department, such body becomes unfit for scientific or educational purposes, the State department shall so certify and the remains shall be interred at the expense of those guilty of such noncompliance.

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