California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 3 — Professions and Vocations GenerallyChapter 12 — Cemetery and Funeral ActArticle 4.5 — Cremated Remains DisposerSection 7673.1
(a) A cremated remains disposer who stores cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains in a reckless manner that results in either of the following is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment:
(1) Loss of all or part of the human remains.
(2) Inability to individually identify the human remains.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
Notes
Establishes reckless storage of cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains by a cremated remains disposer as a public offense when it causes loss of all or part of the remains or prevents individual identification. The offense is punishable by up to one year in county jail, a fine up to $5,000, or both, and becomes operative January 1, 2027.
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