Business and Professions Code § 7672.10

ARTICLE 4.5. Cremated Remains Disposer

Current as of September 28, 2026Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7672.10Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 20. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.

(a) A person who scatters cremated human remains or hydrolyzed human remains without a valid registration and who is not otherwise exempt from this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The remains of each person scattered shall constitute a separate violation.

(b) Commencing January 1, 2027, a person who integrates reduced human remains into the soil without a valid registration and who is not otherwise exempt from this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The remains of each person integrated into the soil shall constitute a separate violation.