{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"7718","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7718","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. 38.   Effective January 1, 1997.","effective":"1997-01-01","html":"<p>Every person who, after a death or while a death is impending, solicits or accepts any sum of money or other valuable consideration, directly or indirectly, from a funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer, his, her, or its agent or representative, in order that the funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer might obtain business, is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"Every person who, after a death or while a death is impending, solicits or accepts any sum of money or other valuable consideration, directly or indirectly, from a funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer, his, her, or its agent or representative, in order that the funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer might obtain business, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/penal-provisions-7718","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}