Military and Veterans Code § 953

ARTICLE 2. Burial of Veterans and Veterans’ Dependents

Current as of September 28, 2026Mil. & Vet. Code, § 953Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 189, Sec. 5. (AB 1644) Effective January 1, 2011.

(a) A veterans’ remains organization shall take all reasonable steps to inter the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran received in accordance with this article.

(b) A veterans’ remains organization that receives and inters the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran pursuant to this article shall not be liable for negligence if the veterans’ remains organization does not know or have reason to know that the cremated remains of the veteran or dependent of a veteran were not released by the cemetery authority, cemetery corporation or association, or other entity in compliance with subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 952.