{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-8346","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 8346","heading":"","body":"Within two hours after a crematory licensed by the State of California takes custody of a body that has not been embalmed, it shall refrigerate the body at a temperature not greater than 50 degrees Fahrenheit unless the cremation process will begin within 24 hours of the time that crematory took custody.","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":"3f2773677fd3f683d0ea6d7fdd4890bbfea1bfe5ba5913c384795dbb787eaf42","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-8345.5","next":"us-ca/hsc-8346.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}