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Earlier editions: 2020-112018-112026-09

DIVISION 8. CEMETERIES 8100-9703›PART 3. PRIVATE CEMETERIES 8250-8829›CHAPTER 5. Endowment and Special Care 8700-8785›ARTICLE 1. Care of Old Cemeteries 8700-8715

§ 8701

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

Whenever a majority of the plots in all or any part of a cemetery established prior to August 14, 1931, has been sold without the owner having made provision for the establishment of an adequate endowment care fund for its care, maintenance, and embellishment, the avenues, roadways, walks, driveways, alleys, streets and parks in it may be vacated or altered and replatted into plots which may be sold for interment purposes pursuant to this article.

(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 176.)

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