Business and Professions Code § 7673.1
ARTICLE 4.5. Cremated Remains Disposer
(a) A cremated remains disposer who stores cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains in a reckless manner that results in either of the following is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment:
(1) Loss of all or part of the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains.
(2) Inability to individually identify the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
Other version (effective January 1, 2023): not in force on 2026-09-28
Repealed (in Sec. 22) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 23. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.
(a) A cremated remains disposer who stores cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains in a reckless manner that results in either of the following is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment:
(1) Loss of all or part of the human remains.
(2) Inability to individually identify the human remains.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.