{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-8342","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 8342","heading":"","body":"No crematory shall make or enforce any rules requiring that human remains be placed in a casket before cremation or that human remains be cremated in a casket, nor shall a crematory refuse to accept human remains for cremation for the reason that they are not in a casket. Every director, officer, agent or representative of a crematory who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the requiring of some type of container or disposal unit.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 8. CEMETERIES [8100. - 9703.]","PART 3. PRIVATE CEMETERIES [8250. - 8829.]","CHAPTER 2. Operation and Management [8275. - 8396.]","ARTICLE 5. Operation of Crematories [8341. - 8347.]"],"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":"19135e848a2c69b4dc948629125116c53b0db1bbc7a4cc978c1f6af1bd2befaa","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-8341","next":"us-ca/hsc-8343"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}