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Health and Safety Code - HSC

17,661 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 6650 — The term of bonds issued shall not exceed forty years.
• § 6651 — The outstanding bonds of the district shall not at any one time exceed 15 percent of the assessed value of the real and personal property of the district, except where the board elects to use the coun
• § 6653 — An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• § 6654 — (1) An issue of bonds is hereby defined to be the aggregate principal amount of all of the bonds authorized to be issued in accordance with a proposal submitted to and approved by the electors of the
• § 6655 — In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include: (a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving or financi
• § 6660 — At any time after the annexation of territory, the board may issue bonds to raise money for any of the purposes stated in Section 6512 hereof in or for the benefit of said annexed area in the same man
• § 6661 — The provisions of this part with reference to bonds in annexed territory do not limit the powers or alter the procedure provided for the issuance of bonds by an entire district and payable out of taxe
• § 6670.1 — Bonds of the district for the purpose of providing funds for the construction of a larger main sewer or a different system shall be authorized and issued in the same manner as that provided in this pa
• § 6680 — After a district organized under the Sanitary District Act of 1891, or Chapter 161, Statutes of 1891, has been reorganized under this part the entire amount of bonds issued by it under either act may
• § 6681 — The new bonds shall be payable as nearly as practicable at the same time as the installments on the old bonds and in equal amounts.
• § 6682 — The expenses of the exchange shall be borne by the holder of the bonds presented for exchange.
• § 6683 — After the exchange the old bonds shall be canceled by punching holes in the signatures, and shall be retained by the county treasurer.
• § 6690 — The board may cause refunding bonds to be issued for the purpose of refunding any or all outstanding bonds of the district.
• § 6691 — Refunding bonds shall be issued and delivered only when the bonds to be refunded have matured or are about to mature or are subject to retirement before maturity, or, if the outstanding bonds are not
• § 6692 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, refunding bonds shall be issued in substantially the manner and form prescribed for the issuance of other bonds under this part and the provisions of this
• § 6693 — The board desiring to refund any of its bonds may formulate a proposed plan for that purpose and shall call an election for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of such refunding bonds.
• § 6694 — Only a majority vote shall be required to authorize the issuance of refunding bonds.
• § 6694.1 — The maturity date of refunding bonds shall be fixed by the board but in no case shall the maturity of any such bonds be more than forty years from the date thereof.
• § 6694.2 — The rate of interest on refunding bonds shall not exceed 8 percent per annum payable semiannually.
• § 6694.3 — Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide funds for the payment of the bonds to be refunded thereby and in addition all expenses incidental to the calling, retiring or
• § 6695 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, no more than sixty cents ($0.
• § 6696 — The board may prescribe the time and manner of assessing, levying, and collecting taxes for district purposes, except as otherwise provided in this part.
• § 6697 — District taxes may be assessed, levied, and collected for any or all of the following purposes: (a) To pay the principal and interest of the bonds issued by the district.
• § 6698 — The board shall annually levy a tax upon the taxable property in the district sufficient to pay the interest on bonds for the year, and such portion of the principal as is due or is to become due duri
• § 6699 — If any portion of the interest or principal due for any year remains unpaid, it shall be added to the levy for the next year, and shall be collected and paid accordingly.
• § 6700 — The payment of the principal and interest of all bonds, within forty years from their issuance, is the obligation of the district; and, if necessary to accomplish that purpose, a special tax shall be
• § 6701 — Taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds of annexed territory shall be limited to the taxable property in the annexed territory.
• § 6715 — Between the first Mondays in March and July annually the assessor shall assess all taxable property in the district to the persons by whom it was owned or claimed, or in whose possession or control it
• § 6716 — No mistake in the name of the owner of any property, or any informality in the description or in other parts of the assessment, shall invalidate the assessment.
• § 6717 — The assessor shall verify his assessment roll, and shall deposit it with the board on the first Monday in July in each year, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
• § 6718 — All the provisions of law relating to assessment of property by county assessor shall, so far as applicable, apply to and govern the acts of the assessor in the assessment of taxable property in the d
• § 6730 — Annually, on the first Monday of July at seven thirty p.
• § 6731 — If the district assessor has returned the assessment roll for the year the board shall proceed to equalize the assessments.
• § 6732 — If the assessment roll has not been returned by the district assessor the board shall adjourn from time to time until the roll has been returned, and for the purpose of adjournment one or more of the
• § 6733 — When the assessment roll is returned by the district assessor, the board shall equalize the assessments, and the board shall continue in session as a board of equalization with reasonable intermission
• § 6734 — The board may hear complaints as to the proceedings of the district assessor and adjudicate and determine the controversy.
• § 6745 — After the equalization of the assessments has been completed, the board shall, by resolution, fix the rate of taxation for district purposes, designating the number of cents on each one hundred dollar
• § 6746 — After the entry in the minutes of the resolution fixing the rate of the tax the board shall cause the district assessor to compute the amount of the tax upon each item of real and personal property, a
• § 6747 — When completed, the roll shall be verified by the district assessor and signed by the president and secretary.
• § 6760 — As soon as practicable, but not later than the third Monday in August, after the taxes have been computed and extended on the assessment roll, verified by the district assessor and signed by the presi
• § 6761 — The tax collector shall collect the taxes shown to be due, in the same manner as he collects the county taxes.
• § 6762 — All the provisions of the laws of the state as to the collection of taxes and delinquent taxes, and the enforcement of their payment, so far as applicable, apply to the collection of district taxes.
• § 6763 — The board may direct the district attorney of the county to commence and prosecute suits for the collection of the whole or any portion of the delinquent taxes.
• § 6764 — All money collected for district purposes by the district attorney under this part shall be at once paid to the treasurer.
• § 6765 — The board may at any time, by order entered in its minutes, provide a system for the collection of delinquent taxes, or make any change in the manner of their collection.
• § 6766 — The tax collector shall immediately pay to the treasurer all money collected by him for district purposes and the treasurer shall keep it in the county treasury as provided in this part.
• § 6767 — The tax collector and the sureties on his official bond are responsible for the due performance of the duties imposed upon him by this part.
• § 6780 — The board may elect to avail itself of the assessment made by the assessor of the county in which the district is situated, and may take that assessment as the basis for district taxation.
• § 6781 — The board shall declare its election by resolution and shall file a certified copy with the auditor and the assessor of the county on or before the first Monday in February of the year in which the di
• § 6782 — Following the board’s election, the county auditor shall on or about the third Monday of August of each year transmit to the board a written statement showing the total value of all property in the di
• § 6783 — The board shall, then, before September 1st, estimate the amount of money needed and fix the rate of taxation for district purposes and for the payment of the principal and interest of that year upon
• § 6784 — The board shall designate the number of cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) to be levied for each fund and the fund into which the proceeds shall be paid, using as a basis the value of property a
• § 6785 — The board shall by September 1st of each year certify to the county auditor of the county in which the district is situated the rate of taxation fixed.
• § 6786 — The county auditor shall compute and enter in the county assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as a district tax on the property in the district, using the rate of levy as fixed by the board
• § 6787 — The taxes are a lien on all the property in the district, and the taxes, whether for the payment of a bonded indebtedness, or for other purposes, shall be of the same force and effect as other liens f
• § 6789 — Taxes for a district which is situated in more than one county and which has availed itself of the county assessor’s roll pursuant to Sections 6780 and 6781 shall be levied in accordance with the foll
• § 6790 — In a fund called the “bond fund of sanitary district” (naming it) the treasurer shall keep the money levied by the board for that fund.
• § 6791 — No part of the money in the bond fund may be transferred to any other fund or be used for any purpose other than the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds of the district, and for the ret
• § 6792 — In a fund called the “running expense fund of ____ Sanitary District” (naming it) the treasurer shall place and keep the money levied by the board for that fund.
• § 6793 — The whole or any part of the money in the running expense fund shall be transferred to the bond fund, or to any other fund provided for in this part, on the order of the board.
• § 6794 — (a) The treasurer, or other person or persons that are authorized by the board, shall draw checks or warrants to pay demands when demands have been approved by the board and signed by the president an
• § 6795 — The treasurer shall keep the order as his voucher, and shall keep a specific account of receipts and disbursements for the district.
• § 6796 — The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be deposited with the treasurer and shall be by him placed in the fund to be called the “sewer construction fund of ____ sanitary district” (naming it).
• § 6797 — The money in the sewer construction fund shall be used for the purpose indicated in the order calling the election upon the question of the issuance of the bonds, and for no other purpose, but, if aft
• § 6798 — All fines for the violation of any regulation or order of the board shall, after the expenses of the prosecution are deducted, be paid to the secretary, who shall forthwith deposit them with the treas
• § 6799 — The county treasurer and sureties upon his official bond are liable for the due performance of the duties imposed upon him by this part.
• § 6800 — Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this article, the board may, out of any surplus funds remaining in the bond fund, the running expense fund or the sewer construction fund, purcha
• § 6801 — (a) As an alternative to the functions of the treasurer, the district board may elect to disburse funds of the district.
• § 6805 — All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.
• § 6810 — A district organized under Chapter 161, Statutes of 1891, or under the Sanitary District Act of 1919 may be reorganized as a district under this part.
• § 6811 — To effect the reorganization a petition, signed by not less than twenty-five residents and freeholders within the district, and also by a majority of the members of the district board, shall be presen
• § 6812 — The petition shall be verified by at least one of the petitioners in the manner prescribed by law for the verification of pleadings, and shall set forth the boundaries and name of the district and pra
• § 6813 — The petition shall be published for at least two weeks preceding the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county, together with a notice stating the time when the petition wi
• § 6814 — At that time the board of supervisors shall hear the petition.
• § 6815 — If the board of supervisors finds, upon the final hearing of the petition, that the statements therein are correct the board shall make an order approving the petition, describing the boundaries of th
• § 6816 — From and after the making of the order of reorganization by the board of supervisors, the district is organized under this part with all the powers conferred by this part.
• § 6817 — A district reorganized under this part is for all purposes the district previously existing.
• § 6818 — Reorganization shall not affect or impair the title to any property owned or held by or in trust for the district, or any debt, demand, liability, or obligation existing in favor of or against the dis
• § 6819 — Reorganization shall not operate to repeal or affect in any manner any ordinance previously passed or adopted and remaining unrepealed, or to discharge any person from any liability then existing for
• § 6823 — The district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation or wi
• § 6825 — Any duty imposed by this part on any county officer shall be deemed imposed on the county officers of the respective counties in which is situated a sanitary district reorganized under Section 4857 of
• § 6830 — There may be annexed to a district any of the following territory which is in the same county as the district or which is within another county but in the natural watershed area of the district: (a) A
• § 6935 — No right or obligation accrued by the formation, organization, reorganization or operation of a sanitary district pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 161 of the Statutes of 1891 or the provisions of
• § 6936 — Pursuant to Section 1002 of the Elections Code, any election held under Chapter 161 of the Statutes of 1891 or the Sanitary District Act of 1919 shall be held on the second Tuesday in March rather tha
• § 6940 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 161 of the Statutes of 1891, or the provisions of the Sanitary District Act of 1919, as the provisions of these acts existed at the time of their repeal, the
• § 6940.3 — The board shall declare its election by resolution and shall file a certified copy with the auditor and the assessor of the county on or before the first Monday in February of the year in which the di
• § 6940.6 — Following the board’s election, the county auditor shall on or about the third Monday in August of each year transmit to the board a written statement showing the total value of all property in the di
• § 6940.9 — Before the first day of September the district board shall fix the rate of taxation for district purposes and for the payment of the principal and interest of that year upon outstanding bonds and the
• § 6941.3 — The board shall designate the number of cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) to be levied for each fund and the fund into which the proceeds shall be paid, using as a basis the value of property a
• § 6941.6 — The county auditor shall compute and enter in the county assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as a district tax on the property in the district, using the rate of levy as fixed by the board
• § 6941.9 — The taxes are a lien on all the property in the district, and the taxes, whether for the payment of a bonded indebtedness, or for other purposes, shall be of the same force and effect as other liens f
• § 6950 — “Board” or “board of directors” means the governing authority of a public agency.
• § 6951 — “Public agency” means a city, a county, a special district, or any other political subdivision of the state which is otherwise authorized to acquire, construct, maintain, or operate sanitary sewers or
• § 6952 — “On-site wastewater disposal system” means any of several works, facilities, devices, or other mechanisms used to collect, treat, recycle, or dispose of wastewater without the use of communitywide san
• § 6952.5 — “Owner of real property” means any public agency owning land and any person shown as the owner of land on the last equalized assessment roll; provided that where such person is no longer the owner, th
• § 6953 — “Zone” means an on-site wastewater disposal zone formed pursuant to this chapter.
• § 6954 — “Real property” means both land and improvements to land which benefit, directly or indirectly from, or on behalf of, the activities of the zone.
• § 6955 — Whenever the board of directors of a public agency deems it necessary to form an on-site wastewater disposal zone in all or a portion of the public agency’s jurisdiction, the board shall by resolution
• § 6955.1 — A proposed zone shall contain at least 12 voters, as defined in Section 359 of the Elections Code.
• § 6956 — The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) A description of the boundaries of the territory proposed to be included within the zone.
• § 6956.5 — The resolution of intention shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which all or the greater portion of the land in the proposed zone is situated.
• § 6957 — (a) A proposal to form a zone within a public agency may also be initiated by filing a petition with the board.
• § 6958 — (a) Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention or the petition, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time fixed for the hearing i
• § 6959 — The hearing by the board on the question of the formation of the proposed zone shall be commenced no less than 45 days nor more than 60 days from adoption of a resolution of intention or the receipt o
• § 6960 — After receiving notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6958, a local health officer shall review the proposed formation and report his or her findings in writing to the board of directors of th
• § 6960.1 — After receiving notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6958, the affected regional water quality control board shall review the proposed formation and report its findings in writing to the boar
• § 6960.2 — The number, type, volume, and location of on-site wastewater disposal systems to be operated within the zone shall not exceed the number specified pursuant to either Section 6960 or Section 6960.
• § 6960.3 — The formation of an on-site wastewater disposal zone shall be subject to review and approval by a local agency formation commission which has adopted rules and regulations affecting the functions and
• § 6960.4 — Prior to any decision on the question of the formation of the proposed zone, the board shall obtain approval for the proposed plan for wastewater disposal from the affected regional water quality cont
• § 6961 — At the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention or the petition, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, any interested person may appear and present any matters material
• § 6962 — At the hearing the board shall also hear and receive any oral or written protests, objections, or evidence which shall be made, presented, or filed.
• § 6963 — At the close of the hearing the board shall find and declare by resolution that written protests, filed and not withdrawn prior to the conclusion of the hearing, represent one of the following: (a) Le
• § 6964 — If the number of written protests filed and not withdrawn is the number described in subdivision (c) of Section 6963, the board shall abandon any further proceedings on the question of forming a propo
• § 6965 — If the number of written protests filed and not withdrawn is the number described in subdivision (a) of Section 6963, the board shall find and declare by resolution all of the following: (a) A descrip
• § 6966 — The board may order the formation of the zone either without election or subject to confirmation by the voters within the zone upon the question of such formation.
• § 6967 — If the board does not order the formation of the proposed zone, an election on the question shall be conducted if, within 30 days of the date upon which the board did not order the formation, the boar
• § 6968 — Any election conducted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of law pertaining to regular or special elections held in the public agency.
• § 6969 — After the canvass of returns of any election on the question of forming a proposed zone, the board shall adopt a resolution ordering the formation of the zone if a majority of votes cast at such elect
• § 6970 — No public agency shall form a zone which includes any territory already included within another zone.
• § 6971 — No public agency shall form a zone if such formation will permit other land uses which are not consistent with the general plans, zoning ordinances, or other land use regulations of any county or city
• § 6972 — After the formation of the zone pursuant to this article, all taxes levied to carry out the purposes of the zone shall be levied exclusively upon the property taxable in the zone by the public agency.
• § 6973 — If the board does not form a zone after the close of a hearing in accordance with Section 6967 and no petition is filed pursuant to Section 6967, or if the board abandons proceedings on the proposal t
• § 6974 — Territory within the public agency may be annexed to a zone, provided that such territory is not part of another zone.
• § 6974.5 — Land already a part of a zone may be detached if the board finds and determines, following notice and hearing in the same manner provided for formation of the zone, that the land will not be benefitte
• § 6975 — An on-site wastewater disposal zone may be formed to achieve water quality objectives set by regional water quality control boards, to protect existing and future beneficial water uses, protect public
• § 6976 — An on-site waste water disposal zone shall have the following powers: (a) To collect, treat, reclaim, or dispose of waste water without the use of communitywide sanitary sewers or sewage systems and w
• § 6977 — The public agency shall do all such acts as are reasonably necessary to secure compliance with any federal, state, regional, or local law, order, regulation, or rule relating to water pollution or the
• § 6978 — (a) Violation of any of the provisions of a rule or regulation adopted pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 6976 may be abated as a public nuisance by the board.
• § 6979 — (a) The owner of any real property upon which is located an on-site wastewater disposal system, which system is subject to abatement as a public nuisance by the public agency, may request the public a
• § 6980 — A board may exercise all of the public agency’s existing financial powers on behalf of a zone, excepting that any assessment or tax levied upon the real property of a zone shall be subject to the prov
• § 6981 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public agency may levy an assessment reasonably proportional to the benefits derived from the zone, as determined by the board, and subject to the approva
• § 6982 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 6952, the West Bay Sanitary District may use the procedures in this chapter to provide alternative or innovative wastewater technologies in the district’s jurisdiction.
• § 7 — Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be performed by a deputy of the officer or by a person authorized, pursuant to l
• § 7000 — The definitions in this chapter apply to this division, Division 8 (commencing with Section 8100) and Division 102 (commencing with Section 102100) of this code and Chapter 12 (commencing with Section
• § 7001 — “Human remains” or “remains” means the body of a deceased person, regardless of its stage of decomposition, and includes cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains.
• § 7002 — “Cremated remains” means the ashes and bone fragments of a human body that are left after cremation in a crematory, and includes ashes from the cremation container.
• § 7002.5 — (a) “Hydrolyzed human remains” means bone fragments of a human body that are left after hydrolysis in a hydrolysis facility.
• § 7002.7 — (a) “Reduction facility” means a structure, room, or other space in a building or real property where natural, organic reduction of a human body occurs.
• § 7003 — (a) “Cemetery” means either of the following: (1) Any of the following that is used or intended to be used and dedicated for cemetery purposes: (A) A burial park, for earth interments.
• § 7004 — “Burial park” means a tract of land for the burial of human remains in the ground, used or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes.
• § 7005 — Except in Part 5 (commencing with Section 9501) of Division 8, “mausoleum” means a structure or building for the entombment of human remains in crypts or vaults in a place used, or intended to be used
• § 7006 — “Crematory” means a building or structure containing one or more furnaces for the reduction of bodies of deceased persons to cremated remains.
• § 7006.1 — (a) “Hydrolysis facility” means a building or structure containing one or more chambers for the reduction of bodies of deceased persons by alkaline hydrolysis.
• § 7006.3 — “Cremation chamber” means the enclosed space within which the cremation of human remains is performed.
• § 7006.4 — (a) “Hydrolysis chamber” means the enclosed space within which the hydrolysis of human remains is performed and any other attached, nonenclosed, mechanical components that are necessary for the safe a
• § 7006.5 — “Cremation container” means a combustible, closed container resistant to leakage of bodily fluids into which the body of a deceased person is placed prior to insertion in a cremation chamber for crema
• § 7006.6 — (a) “Hydrolysis container” means a hydrolyzable body wrapping into which the body of a deceased person is placed prior to insertion into a hydrolysis chamber.
• § 7006.7 — “Cremated remains container” means a receptacle in which cremated remains are placed after cremation.
• § 7006.8 — (a) “Hydrolyzed human remains container” means a receptacle in which hydrolyzed human remains are placed after hydrolysis.
• § 7007 — Except in Part 5 (commencing with Section 9501) of Division 8, “columbarium” means a structure, room, or other space in a building or structure containing niches for inurnment of cremated human remain
• § 7008 — “Crematory and columbarium” means a building or structure containing both a crematory and columbarium.
• § 7009 — “Interment” means the disposition of human remains by entombment or burial in a cemetery or, in the case of cremated remains, by inurnment, placement or burial in a cemetery, or burial at sea as provi
• § 7010 — “Cremation” means the process by which the following three steps are taken: (a) The reduction of the body of a deceased human to its essential elements by incineration.
• § 7010.1 — (a) “Hydrolysis” means the process by which the following two steps are taken: (1) The reduction of the body of a deceased person to its essential organic components and bone fragments by alkaline hyd
• § 7010.3 — (a) “Processing” means the removal of foreign objects, pursuant to Section 7051, and the reduction of the particle size of cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains by mechanical means, including,
• § 7010.5 — “Residue” means human ashes, bone fragments, prostheses, and disintegrated material from the chamber itself, imbedded in cracks and uneven spaces of a cremation chamber, that cannot be removed through
• § 7010.7 — (a) “Scattering” means the authorized dispersal of cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains at sea, in other areas of the state, or commingling in a defined area within a dedicated cemetery, in ac
• § 7010.8 — (a) “Integrate into the soil” means the authorized addition and mixing of reduced human remains with existing soil in a defined area within a dedicated cemetery, conservation area, property where the
• § 7011 — (a) “Inurnment” means placing cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains in a cremated remains container or hydrolyzed human remains container suitable for placement, burial, or shipment.
• § 7011.2 — (a) “Placement” means the placing of a container holding cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains in a crypt, vault, or niche.
• § 7012 — “Entombment” means the process of placing human remains in a crypt or vault.
• § 7013 — “Burial” means the process of placing human remains in a grave.
• § 7014 — “Grave” means a space of earth in a burial park, used, or intended to be used, for the disposition of human remains.
• § 7015 — (a) “Crypt” or “vault” means a space in a mausoleum of sufficient size, used or intended to be used, to entomb human remains that have been neither cremated nor hydrolyzed.
• § 7016 — (a) “Niche” means a space in a columbarium used, or intended to be used, for the placement of cremated human remains or hydrolyzed human remains.
• § 7017 — (a) “Hydrolysate” means the resultant liquid from the hydrolysis of human remains, which liquid is a sterile, benign, micronutrient-rich solution consisting of sugars, salts, peptides, and amino acids
• § 7018 — “Cemetery authority” includes cemetery association, corporation sole, limited liability company, or other person owning or controlling cemetery lands or property.
• § 7019 — “Cemetery corporation,” “cemetery association,” or “cemetery corporation or association,” means any corporation now or hereafter organized which is or may be authorized by its articles to conduct any
• § 7020 — “Cemetery business,” “cemetery businesses,” and “cemetery purposes” are used interchangeably and mean any and all business and purposes requisite to, necessary for, or incident to, establishing, maint
• § 7021 — “Directors” or “governing body” means the board of directors, board of trustees, or other policymaking body of a cemetery association.
• § 7022 — “Lot,” “plot,” or “interment plot” means space in a cemetery, used or intended to be used for the interment of human remains.
• § 7023 — “Plot owner,” “owner,” or “lot proprietor,” means any person in whose name an interment plot stands of record as owner, in the office of a cemetery authority.
• § 7024 — “Permit for Disposition of Human Remains” includes “burial permit” and is a permit, issued pursuant to law, for the interment, disinterment, removal, reinterment or transportation of human remains.
• § 7025 — “Disposition” means the interment, integration into soil, or scattering of human remains within California, or the shipment outside of California, for lawful interment, integration into soil, or scatt
• § 7050.5 — (a) Every person who knowingly mutilates or disinters, wantonly disturbs, or willfully removes any human remains in or from any location other than a dedicated cemetery without authority of law is gui
• § 7051 — (a) A person who removes part of any human remains from a place where it has been interred, or from a place where it is deposited while awaiting interment, cremation, reduction, or hydrolysis, with in
• § 7051.5 — A person who removes or possesses dental gold or silver, jewelry, or mementos from human remains without specific written permission of the person or persons having the right to control those remains
• § 7052 — (a) A person who willfully mutilates, disinters, removes from the place of interment, or commits an act of sexual penetration on, or has sexual contact with, remains known to be human, without authori
• § 7052.5 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7052, cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains may be removed from the place of interment for disposition as provided in Section 7054.
• § 7053 — Every person who arrests, attaches, detains, or claims to detain any human remains for any debt or demand, or upon any pretended lien or charge, or fails to release any human remains, the personal eff
• § 7054 — (a) (1) Except as authorized pursuant to the sections referred to in subdivision (b), a person who deposits or disposes of human remains in any place, except in a cemetery, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 7054.1 — Cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains shall not be removed from the place of cremation, reduction, or hydrolysis, and there shall not be a charge for the cremation, reduction, or hydrolysis,
• § 7054.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recognizable dead human fetus of less than 20 weeks uterogestation not disposed of by interment shall be disposed of by incineration.
• § 7054.4 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, recognizable anatomical parts, human tissues, anatomical human remains, or infectious waste following conclusion of scientific use shall be disposed of by i
• § 7054.5 — (a) Reduced human remains may be disposed of by integration into the topsoil by the person having the right to control the disposition of the remains pursuant to Section 7100.
• § 7054.6 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains may be removed in a durable container from the place of cremation, hydrolysis, or interment and kept in or on th
• § 7054.7 — (a) Except with the express written permission of the person entitled to control the disposition of the remains, no person shall: (1) Cremate the remains of more than one person at the same time in th
• § 7054.8 — (a) Except with the express written permission of the person entitled to control the disposition of the remains, no person shall do any of the following: (1) Hydrolyze the remains of more than one per
• § 7054.9 — (a) Except with the express written permission of the person entitled to control the disposition of the reduced human remains, a person shall not do any of the following: (1) Reduce the remains of mor
• § 7055 — (a) A person who, for themselves or for another person, inters, cremates, reduces, or hydrolyzes a body or permits the same to be done, or removes any remains, other than cremated, reduced, or hydroly
• § 7100 — (a) The right to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person, the location and conditions of interment, and arrangements for funeral goods and services to be provided, unless other dir
• § 7100.1 — (a) A decedent, prior to death, may direct, in writing, the disposition of his or her remains and specify funeral goods and services to be provided.
• § 7101 — When any decedent leaves an estate in this state, the reasonable cost of interment and an interment plot of sufficient size to constitute a family plot and memorial including reasonable sums for eithe
• § 7102 — When a person is charged by law with the duty of interment he is entitled to the custody of the remains for the purpose of interment or, with respect to cremated remains, for the purpose of burial at
• § 7103 — (a) Every person, upon whom the duty of interment is imposed by law, who omits to perform that duty within a reasonable time is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 7104 — (a) When no provision is made by the decedent, or where the estate is insufficient to provide for interment and the duty of interment does not devolve upon any other person residing in the state or if
• § 7104.1 — If, within 30 days after the coroner notifies or diligently attempts to notify the person responsible for the interment of a decedent’s remains which are in the possession of the coroner, the person f
• § 7105 — (a) If the person or persons listed in paragraphs (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 who would otherwise have the right to control the disposition and arrange for
• § 7106 — A cemetery authority may seek an order providing for the interment of the remains of one or more decedents.