DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES 7000-8030›PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 7000-7355›CHAPTER 3. Custody, and Duty of Interment 7100-7117.1
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California Health and Safety Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
No action shall lie against any cemetery authority relating to the cremated remains of any person which have been left in its possession for a period of one year, unless a written contract has been entered into with the cemetery authority for their care or unless permanent interment has been made.
No licensed funeral director shall be liable in damages for the lawful disposition of any cremated human remains.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1232, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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