California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 3 — Professions and Vocations GenerallyChapter 12 — Cemetery and Funeral ActArticle 4.5 — Cremated Remains DisposerSection 7672.10
(a) A person who scatters cremated human remains or hydrolyzed human remains without a valid registration and who is not otherwise exempt from this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The remains of each person scattered shall constitute a separate violation.
(b) Commencing January 1, 2027, a person who integrates reduced human remains into the soil without a valid registration and who is not otherwise exempt from this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The remains of each person integrated into the soil shall constitute a separate violation.
Notes
Prohibits a nonexempt person from scattering cremated or hydrolyzed human remains without valid registration and makes each person’s scattered remains a separate misdemeanor violation. Extends the same misdemeanor rule beginning January 1, 2027, to nonexempt persons integrating reduced human remains into soil without valid registration, with each person’s remains constituting a separate violation.
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