Health and Safety Code
DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES
PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1. |
DEFINITIONS |
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CHAPTER 2. |
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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CHAPTER 3. |
CUSTODY, AND DUTY OF INTERMENT |
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CHAPTER 3.5. |
UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT |
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CHAPTER 3.7. |
DEATH |
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Article 1. |
Uniform Determination of Death Act |
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Article 2. |
Confirmation of Death |
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CHAPTER 4. |
DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED DEAD |
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CHAPTER 5. |
EMBALMING AND TRANSPORTATION |
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Article 1. |
Embalming |
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Article 2. |
Transportation |
PART 2. DISINTERMENT AND REMOVAL
CHAPTER 1. |
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Article 1. |
Permits |
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Article 2. |
Consent to Removal |
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CHAPTER 3. |
REMOVAL OF ALL REMAINS: CITIES OF 1500-100,000 |
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CHAPTER 4. |
REMOVAL OF ALL REMAINS: CITIES AND CITIES AND COUNTIES OVER 100,000 |
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Article 1. |
Power of Municipality |
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Article 2. |
Declaration of Intention by Cemetery Authority |
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Article 3. |
Notice of Intention |
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Article 4. |
Special Notice to Relative or Friend |
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Article 5. |
Removal by Relative or Friends |
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Article 6. |
Removal by Cemetery Authority |
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Article 7. |
Disposal of Lands |
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Article 8. |
Use of Funds |
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Article 9. |
New Land, Mausoleum or Columbarium |
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Article10. |
Taxation |
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Article 11. |
Religious Observances |
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Article 12. |
Removal by Counties |
DIVISION 8. CEMETERIES
PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1. |
CEMETERY DEFINED |
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CHAPTER 2. |
VANDALISM |
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CHAPTER 3. |
RECORDS |
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CHAPTER 3.5. |
REQUIREMENTS FOR BURIALS |
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CHAPTER 4. |
LOCAL REGULATION OF CEMETERIES |
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CHAPTER 4.5. |
MAINTENACE OF CEMETERY GROUNDS |
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CHAPTER 5. |
CHANGE IN USE |
PART 2. PUBLIC CEMETERIES
CHAPTER 1. |
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
PART 3. PRIVATE CEMETERIES
CHAPTER 1. |
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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CHAPTER 2. |
OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT |
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Article 1. |
General Provisions |
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Article 2. |
Rules and Regulations |
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Article 3. |
Police Power |
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Article 4. |
Records |
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Article 5. |
Operation of Crematories |
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Article 6. |
Contract Limitations |
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Article 7. |
Restrictions on Officers |
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CHAPTER 3. |
ACQUISITION, DEDICATION, AND SALE |
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Article 1. |
Acquisition of Property |
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Article 2. |
Declaration of Intention |
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Article 3. |
Dedication |
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Article 4. |
Sale of Plots |
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Article 5. |
Removal of Dedication |
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Article 6. |
Transfer of Cemetery Ownership |
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CHAPTER 4. |
PROPERTY RIGHTS |
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Article 1. |
General Provisions |
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Article 2. |
Joint Tenants |
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Article 3. |
Family Interment Plots |
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Article 4. |
Vested Right of Interment |
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Article 5. |
Voluntary Establishment of Inalienability |
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CHAPTER 5. |
ENDOWMENT AND SPECIAL CARE |
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Article 1. |
Care of Old Cemeteries |
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Article 2. |
Care of Active Cemeteries |
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Article 3. |
Investment of Endowment Funds |
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Article 4. |
Special Care |
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Article 5. |
Misrepresentation as to Endowment |
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Article 6. |
Penalties |
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CHAPTER 7. |
ABANDONMENT |
PART 4. PUBLIC CEMETERY DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 1. |
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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CHAPTER 2. |
FORMATION |
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CHAPTER 3. |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES |
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CHAPTER 4. |
POWERS |
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CHAPTER 5. |
INTERMENTS |
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CHAPTER 6. |
FINANCES |
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CHAPTER 7. |
ALTERNATIVE REVENUES |
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CHAPTER 8. |
ZONES |
PART 5. MAUSOLEUMS AND COLUMBARIUMS
CHAPTER 1. |
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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CHAPTER 2. |
ENFORCEMENT |
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CHAPTER 3. |
PERMITS AND PLANS |
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Article 1. |
General Provisions |
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Article 2. |
Application, Permit and Certificate of Occupancy |
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Article 3. |
Cancellation of Permit |
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Article 4. |
Expiration of Permit |
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CHAPTER 4. |
INSPECTION AND APPROVAL |
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CHAPTER 5. |
CONSTRUCTION |
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Article 1. |
General Provisions |
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Article 2. |
Structural and Material Requirements of Community Mausoleums and Columbariums |
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CHAPTER 6. |
PENALITIES |
DIVISION 102. VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS
PART 1. VITAL RECORDS
CHAPTER 1. |
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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CHAPTER 2. |
ADMINISTRATION |
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Article 1. |
State Administration |
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Article 2. |
Local Administration |
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CHAPTER 6. |
DEATH REGISTRATION |
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Article 1. |
Duty of Registering Death |
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Article 2. |
Responsibility of Attending Physician |
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Article 3. |
Responsibility of Coroner |
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Article 4. |
Content of Certificate of Death |
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CHAPTER 7. |
FETAL DEATH REGISTRATION |
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Article 1. |
Duty of Registering Fetal Death |
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Article 2. |
Responsibility of Attending Physician |
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Article 3. |
Responsibility of Coroner |
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Article 4. |
Content of Certificate of Fetal Death |
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Article 4.5. |
Missing Angels Act |
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CHAPTER 8. |
PERMITS FOR DISPOSITION OF HUMAN REMAINS |
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CHAPTER 11. |
AMENDMENT OF RECORDS |
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Article 1. |
Amendment of a Record of Birth, Death or Marriage |
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Article 2. |
Amendment of a Death Record of a Previously Unidentified Body |
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Article 3. |
Amendment of Medical and Health Section Data on Death, Fetal Death, and Live Birth Records |
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CHAPTER 12. |
COURT PROCEEDINGS TO ESTABLISH RECORD OF BIRTH, DEATH OR MARRIAGE |
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CHAPTER 13. |
RECORDING CERTIFICATION OF FOREIGN BIRTHS AND DEATHS |
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CHAPTER 14. |
CERTIFIED COPY AND VERIFICATION OF RECORDS |
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CHAPTER 15. |
FEES OF STATE AND LOCAL REGISTRARS |
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Article 1. |
General Provisions |
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Article 2. |
Fee for Certified Copy or Search of Records |
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Article 3. |
Other Fees |
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CHAPTER 16. |
COMPENSATION OF APPOINTED LOCAL REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS |
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CHAPTER 17. |
PENALTIES |
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Article 1. |
Misdemeanors |
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Article 2. |
Felony |
