{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"7716","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7716","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 12. Cemetery and Funeral Act [7600. - 7746.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12"},{"name":"ARTICLE 7. Penal Provisions [7715. - 7719.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12/article-7"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 35.   Effective January 1, 1997.","effective":"1997-01-01","html":"<p>Every funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer, or the agents or representatives thereof, who, after a death or while a death is impending, pays, offers to pay or causes to be paid, directly or indirectly, any sum of money or other valuable consideration for the securing of business is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"Every funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer, or the agents or representatives thereof, who, after a death or while a death is impending, pays, offers to pay or causes to be paid, directly or indirectly, any sum of money or other valuable consideration for the securing of business is guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/penal-provisions-7716","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}