California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §8001: Any resolution or declaration for abandonment adopted and made under the provisions of this article shall specify and declare that at any time after the expiration of 60 days after the first publicati

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Any resolution or declaration for abandonment adopted and made under the provisions of this article shall specify and declare that at any time after the expiration of 60 days after the first publication of the notice of declaration of intended abandonment and removal, the human remains then remaining in the cemetery will be removed by the county owning the cemetery. Notice of the declaration of intended abandonment of the cemetery and proposed removal of the human remains interred therein shall be given to all persons interested therein by publication in the newspaper of general circulation published in the county determined by the board of supervisors most likely to give notice to the parties concerned. Publication shall be made once a week for four consecutive times. The notice shall be entitled “Notice of Declaration of Abandonment of Lands for Cemetery Purposes and of Intention to Remove Human Bodies Interred Therein,” and shall specify a date not less than 60 days after the first publication of the notice when the county controlling the cemetery lands and causing the notice to be published will proceed to remove the human remains then remaining in such cemetery. Notice shall also be mailed to any known living heir-at-law of any person whose remains are interred in the cemetery when the address of the heir is known.

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