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DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES 7000-8030›PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 7000-7355›CHAPTER 4. Disposal of Unclaimed Dead 7200-7208

§ 7204

California Health and Safety Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

All persons receiving unclaimed dead for educational purposes shall bear all reasonable expense incurred in the preservation and transportation of the dead and shall keep a permanent record of bodies received, giving the identification number, the name, age, sex, nationality, and race, if possible, together with the place of last residence of the decedent and the source and disposition, with dates, of the body.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

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