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Health and Safety Code § 7525

ARTICLE 2. Consent to Removal

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 7525Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.

The remains of a deceased person may be removed from a plot in a cemetery with the consent of the cemetery authority and the written consent of one of the following in the order named:

(a) The surviving spouse.

(b) The surviving children.

(c) The surviving parents.

(d) The surviving brothers or sisters.