{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"7207","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 7207","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES [7000. - 8030.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-7"},{"name":"PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [7000. - 7355.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-7/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Disposal of Unclaimed Dead [7200. - 7208.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-7/part-1/chapter-4"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Whenever, through the failure of any person to notify the State department, or promptly to deliver the body of a deceased indigent as required by the State department, such body becomes unfit for scientific or educational purposes, the State department shall so certify and the remains shall be interred at the expense of those guilty of such noncompliance.</p>","text":"Whenever, through the failure of any person to notify the State department, or promptly to deliver the body of a deceased indigent as required by the State department, such body becomes unfit for scientific or educational purposes, the State department shall so certify and the remains shall be interred at the expense of those guilty of such noncompliance.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/disposal-of-unclaimed-dead-7207","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}