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DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES 7000-8030›PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 7000-7355›CHAPTER 1. Definitions 7000-7025

§ 7001

California Health and Safety Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

“Human remains” or “remains” means the body of a deceased person, regardless of its stage of decomposition, and includes cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains.

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 28. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)

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