California Health and Safety Code

§ 8113.5

HSC § 8113.5 Effective Apr 4, 2011Div. 8 · Part 1 · Ch. 3.5

Statute text

(a)Except with the express written permission of the person entitled to control the disposition of the remains, or in the case of a double burial consented to by both parties, no person shall knowingly or willfully inter the remains of more than one body in a single plot, or place a casket or other human remains in an already occupied grave.

(b)Violation of subdivision (a) is a crime punishable as follows:

(1)A first offense, or a second offense not committed within a year of the first, is punishable as a misdemeanor by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 143. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.