{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"7355","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 7355","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 5. Embalming and Transportation [7300. - 7355.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-7/part-1/chapter-5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Transportation [7355. - 7355.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-7/part-1/chapter-5/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 574.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the bodies of persons who have died from any cause shall not be received for transportation by a common carrier unless the body has been embalmed and prepared by a licensed embalmer and placed in a sound casket and enclosed in a transportation case. </p><p>(b) A dead body, which cannot be embalmed or is in a state of decomposition, shall be received for transportation by a common carrier if the body is placed in an airtight metal casket enclosed in a strong transportation case or in a sound casket enclosed in an airtight metal or metal-lined transportation case. </p>","text":"(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the bodies of persons who have died from any cause shall not be received for transportation by a common carrier unless the body has been embalmed and prepared by a licensed embalmer and placed in a sound casket and enclosed in a transportation case. (b) A dead body, which cannot be embalmed or is in a state of decomposition, shall be received for transportation by a common carrier if the body is placed in an airtight metal casket enclosed in a strong transportation case or in a sound casket enclosed in an airtight metal or metal-lined transportation case.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/transportation-7355","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}