HSC § 8113.5
Where this section sits in the code
- Health and Safety Code - HSC
- DIVISION 8. CEMETERIES [8100. - 9703.]
- PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [8100. - 8124.]
- CHAPTER 3.5. Requirements for Burials [8113. - 8113.7.]
(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.
(2) A second offense committed within a year of the first offense is punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code.
(3) A third or subsequent offense shall be punishable as a felony by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code.
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