Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES [7000 - 8030]
( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. ) PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [7000 - 7355]
( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. ) CHAPTER 3. Custody, and Duty of Interment [7100 - 7117.1]
( Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. ) 7104.1.
If, within 30 days after the coroner notifies or diligently attempts to notify the person responsible for the interment of a decedent’s remains which are in the possession of the coroner, the person fails, refuses, or neglects to inter the remains, the coroner may inter the remains. The coroner may recover any expenses of the interment from the responsible person.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2002.)