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DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES
PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1.

DEFINITIONS

7000-7025

CHAPTER 2.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

7050.5-7055

CHAPTER 3.

CUSTODY, AND DUTY OF INTERMENT

7100-7117.1

CHAPTER 3.5.

UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT

7150-7151.40

CHAPTER 3.7.

DEATH

 

Article 1.

Uniform Determination of Death Act

7180

Article 2.

Confirmation of Death

7181-7184.5

CHAPTER 4.

DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED DEAD

7200-7208

CHAPTER 5.

EMBALMING AND TRANSPORTATION

 

Article 1.

Embalming

7300-7304

Article 2.

Transportation

7355

PART 2. DISINTERMENT AND REMOVAL

CHAPTER 1.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Article 1.

Permits

7500-7502

Article 2.

Consent to Removal

7525-7528

CHAPTER 3.

REMOVAL OF ALL REMAINS: CITIES OF 1500-100,000

7600

CHAPTER 4.

REMOVAL OF ALL REMAINS: CITIES AND CITIES AND COUNTIES OVER 100,000

 

Article 1.

Power of Municipality

7700-7701

Article 2.

Declaration of Intention by Cemetery Authority

7725-7726

Article 3.

Notice of Intention

7735-7739

Article 4.

Special Notice to Relative or Friend

7750-7754

Article 5.

Removal by Relative or Friends

7800-7805

Article 6.

Removal by Cemetery Authority

7850-7852

Article 7.

Disposal of Lands

7900-7906

Article 8.

Use of Funds

7925-7933

Article 9.

New Land, Mausoleum or Columbarium

7950-7955

Article10.

Taxation

7975

Article 11.

Religious Observances

7980

Article 12.

Removal by Counties

8000-8005

DIVISION 8. CEMETERIES
PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1.

CEMETERY DEFINED

8100

CHAPTER 2.

VANDALISM

8102-8103

CHAPTER 3.

RECORDS

8110-8112

CHAPTER 3.5.

REQUIREMENTS FOR BURIALS

8113-8113.7

CHAPTER 4.

LOCAL REGULATION OF CEMETERIES

8115

CHAPTER 4.5.

MAINTENACE OF CEMETERY GROUNDS

8117-8118

CHAPTER 5.

CHANGE IN USE

8120

PART 2. PUBLIC CEMETERIES

CHAPTER 1.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8125-8137

PART 3. PRIVATE CEMETERIES

CHAPTER 1.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8250-8253

CHAPTER 2.

OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT

 

Article 1.

General Provisions

8275-8279

Article 2.

Rules and Regulations

8300-8309

Article 3.

Police Power

8325

Article 4.

Records

8330-8331

Article 5.

Operation of Crematories

8341-8347

Article 6.

Contract Limitations

8350-8351

Article 7.

Restrictions on Officers

8360-8362

CHAPTER 3.

ACQUISITION, DEDICATION, AND SALE

 

Article 1.

Acquisition of Property

8500-8501

Article 2.

Declaration of Intention

8525-8526

Article 3.

Dedication

8550-8561

Article 4.

Sale of Plots

8570-8574

Article 5.

Removal of Dedication

8580-8581

Article 6.

Transfer of Cemetery Ownership

8585

CHAPTER 4.

PROPERTY RIGHTS

 

Article 1.

General Provisions

8600-8605

Article 2.

Joint Tenants

8625-8629

Article 3.

Family Interment Plots

8650-8653

Article 4.

Vested Right of Interment

8675-8676

Article 5.

Voluntary Establishment of Inalienability

8680

CHAPTER 5.

ENDOWMENT AND SPECIAL CARE

 

Article 1.

Care of Old Cemeteries

8700-8715

Article 2.

Care of Active Cemeteries

8725-8748

Article 3.

Investment of Endowment Funds

8750-8751.1

Article 4.

Special Care

8775-8779.5

Article 5.

Misrepresentation as to Endowment

8780-8781

Article 6.

Penalties

8785

CHAPTER 7.

ABANDONMENT

8825-8829

PART 4. PUBLIC CEMETERY DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 1.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

9000-9007

CHAPTER 2.

FORMATION

9010-9014

CHAPTER 3.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

9020-9031

CHAPTER 4.

POWERS

9040-9056

CHAPTER 5.

INTERMENTS

9060-9069

CHAPTER 6.

FINANCES

9070-9079

CHAPTER 7.

ALTERNATIVE REVENUES

9080-9083

CHAPTER 8.

ZONES

9090-9093

PART 5. MAUSOLEUMS AND COLUMBARIUMS

CHAPTER 1.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

9501-9513

CHAPTER 2.

ENFORCEMENT

9525-9528

CHAPTER 3.

PERMITS AND PLANS

 

Article 1.

General Provisions

9550

Article 2.

Application, Permit and Certificate of Occupancy

9560-9565

Article 3.

Cancellation of Permit

9575

Article 4.

Expiration of Permit

9580

CHAPTER 4.

INSPECTION AND APPROVAL

9590-9592

CHAPTER 5.

CONSTRUCTION

 

Article 1.

General Provisions

9600-9603

Article 2.

Structural and Material Requirements of Community Mausoleums and Columbariums

9625-9647

CHAPTER 6.

PENALITIES

9675-9677

DIVISION 102. VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS
PART 1. VITAL RECORDS

CHAPTER 1.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

102100-102155

CHAPTER 2.

ADMINISTRATION

 

Article 1.

State Administration

102175-102249

Article 2.

Local Administration

102275-102395

CHAPTER 6.

DEATH REGISTRATION

 

Article 1.

Duty of Registering Death

102775-102805

Article 2.

Responsibility of Attending Physician

102825

Article 3.

Responsibility of Coroner

102850-102870

Article 4.

Content of Certificate of Death

102875

CHAPTER 7.

FETAL DEATH REGISTRATION

 

Article 1.

Duty of Registering Fetal Death

102950-102960

Article 2.

Responsibility of Attending Physician

102975

Article 3.

Responsibility of Coroner

103000-103005

Article 4.

Content of Certificate of Fetal Death

103025

Article 4.5.

Missing Angels Act

103040-103040.1

CHAPTER 8.

PERMITS FOR DISPOSITION OF HUMAN REMAINS

103050-103105

CHAPTER 11.

AMENDMENT OF RECORDS

 

Article 1.

Amendment of a Record of Birth, Death or Marriage

103225-103265

Article 2.

Amendment of a Death Record of a Previously Unidentified Body

103275-103280

Article 3.

Amendment of Medical and Health Section Data on Death, Fetal Death, and Live Birth Records

103300-103305

CHAPTER 12.

COURT PROCEEDINGS TO ESTABLISH RECORD OF BIRTH, DEATH OR MARRIAGE

103450-103490

CHAPTER 13.

RECORDING CERTIFICATION OF FOREIGN BIRTHS AND DEATHS

103500-103505

CHAPTER 14.

CERTIFIED COPY AND VERIFICATION OF RECORDS

103525-103590

CHAPTER 15.

FEES OF STATE AND LOCAL REGISTRARS

 

Article 1.

General Provisions

103600-103615

Article 2.

Fee for Certified Copy or Search of Records

103625-103660

Article 3.

Other Fees

103675-103730

CHAPTER 16.

COMPENSATION OF APPOINTED LOCAL REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS

103750-103765

CHAPTER 17.

PENALTIES

 

Article 1.

Misdemeanors

103775-103795

Article 2.

Felony

103800

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