DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY 5000-9998.11›CHAPTER 12. Cemetery and Funeral Act 7600-7746›ARTICLE 4.5. Cremated Remains Disposer 7672-7673.2

§ 7673

California Business and Professions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Any person who scatters any cremated human remains without specific written instructions from the person having the right to control the disposition of the remains or who scatters any remains in a manner not in accordance with those instructions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 20. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)

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