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PEN § 643

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Penal Code - PEN
  2. PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]
  3. TITLE 15. MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES [626. - 653.75.]
  4. CHAPTER 2. Of Other and Miscellaneous Offenses [639. - 653.2.]

No person knowingly shall dispose of fetal remains in a public or private dump, refuse, or disposal site or place open to public view. For the purposes of this section, “fetal remains” means the lifeless product of conception regardless of the duration of the pregnancy.

Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor.

Collected 2026-09-14T05:56:33Z. Source file · JSON

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