{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-7355","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 7355","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the bodies of persons who have died from any cause shall not be received for transportation by a common carrier unless the body has been embalmed and prepared by a licensed embalmer and placed in a sound casket and enclosed in a transportation case.\n(b) A dead body, which cannot be embalmed or is in a state of decomposition, shall be received for transportation by a common carrier if the body is placed in an airtight metal casket enclosed in a strong transportation case or in a sound casket enclosed in an airtight metal or metal-lined transportation case.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES [7000. - 8030.]","PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [7000. - 7355.]","CHAPTER 5. Embalming and Transportation [7300. - 7355.]","ARTICLE 2. Transportation [7355. - 7355.]"],"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":"dbc1098fefa3db54f8902de0aec719b9ca754e7d18ef046229b1c3f4ca8e180f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-7304","next":"us-ca/hsc-7500"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}