{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-7738","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 7738","heading":"","body":"A licensed funeral establishment that is also a licensed cemetery authority shall not deposit any money or securities received in connection with preneed funeral arrangements in a special endowment care fund as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 8775) of Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 8 of the Health and Safety Code, nor shall a licensed funeral establishment permit the deposit of any money or securities received in connection with a special endowment care fund into a preneed funeral trust fund. Nothing in this section shall require the liquidation or conversion of any lawful investment existing on December 31, 1981.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","CHAPTER 12.  Cemetery and Funeral Act [7600. - 7746.]","ARTICLE 9. Preneed Funeral Arrangements [7735. - 7746.]"],"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":"a3875d1b4774e4408b18b58ab8ccd4633c2269b613ccdeccdbac311f261061f2","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-7737.7","next":"us-ca/bpc-7739"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}