{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-7718","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 7718","heading":"","body":"Every person who, after a death or while a death is impending, solicits or accepts any sum of money or other valuable consideration, directly or indirectly, from a funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer, his, her, or its agent or representative, in order that the funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer might obtain business, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","CHAPTER 12.  Cemetery and Funeral Act [7600. - 7746.]","ARTICLE 7. Penal Provisions [7715. - 7719.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"3e6da54ccf398b132cb33db2e17ebfc5042a0bc7817aaccef244cf03b1b3d6d1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-7717.5","next":"us-ca/bpc-7718.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}