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Health and Safety Code § 8701

ARTICLE 1. Care of Old Cemeteries

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 8701Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 176.

Whenever a majority of the plots in all or any part of a cemetery established prior to August 14, 1931, has been sold without the owner having made provision for the establishment of an adequate endowment care fund for its care, maintenance, and embellishment, the avenues, roadways, walks, driveways, alleys, streets and parks in it may be vacated or altered and replatted into plots which may be sold for interment purposes pursuant to this article.