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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
• CHAPTER 3.5. UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT - 7150-7151.4
• 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 1,500-100,000 - 7600
• CHAPTER 4. REMOVAL OF ALL REMAINS
  
  • (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 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 - 8340-8347
    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 and Plans - 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
• 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 - 103525-103550
• 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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