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

§ 7207

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

Whenever, through the failure of any person to notify the State department, or promptly to deliver the body of a deceased indigent as required by the State department, such body becomes unfit for scientific or educational purposes, the State department shall so certify and the remains shall be interred at the expense of those guilty of such noncompliance.

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

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