DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES 7000-8030›PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 7000-7355›CHAPTER 1. Definitions 7000-7025
§ 7003
California Health and Safety Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California
(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.
(B) A mausoleum, for crypt or vault interments.
(C) A crematory and columbarium, for interment of cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains.
(2) A place where six or more human bodies are buried.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 28) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 29. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
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