ARTICLE 2. Burial of Veterans and Veterans’ Dependents [940. - 955.]
Heading of Article 2 amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 189, Sec. 1.
§§ 940–955 · 18 sections
- § 940 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, “veteran” means a person honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States,…
- § 940.5 As used in this article, the terms “burial” and “interment” include cremation, except that the election of the form of interment as between burial and…
- § 941 This article shall not apply to soldiers, sailors, or marines who die in the national or State soldiers’ homes in this State.
- § 942 The board of supervisors of each county shall designate an honorably discharged veteran of the United States military or a member of a veterans’ remains…
- § 943 Such burial shall not be made in any cemetery or burial ground, or any portion thereof, used exclusively for the burial of the pauper dead.
- § 944 When a deceased veteran or a surviving spouse or domestic partner of a veteran has been interred other than by the person designated by the board of…
- § 945 The expenses to the county of each burial or contribution shall not exceed the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350). Claims therefor are governed by Part…
- § 946 Such claims shall be paid by the county in which the veteran or surviving spouse or domestic partner dies. If the decedent was a resident of any other county…
- § 947 The person appointed under section 942, before he assumes the charge and expenses of any burial, shall first satisfy himself by a careful inquiry into and…
- § 948 The clerk of the board of supervisors, upon receiving the report and statement of expenses, shall transcribe in a book kept for that purpose all the facts…
- § 949 The board of supervisors shall perpetually maintain the grave of any such honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine. The expenses thus incurred shall be…
- § 950 The person appointed under section 942 shall receive no compensation for any duties he may perform in compliance with this article.
- § 951 (a) “Veteran status information” means the data required by the Department of Veterans Affairs to verify the status of a decedent as either a veteran or the…
- § 951.5 The public administrator of the county shall make every reasonable effort to determine if the unclaimed remains of a decedent referred to the public…
- § 952 (a) A cemetery corporation or association, or other entity in possession of the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran, shall, upon request of…
- § 953 (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…
- § 954 The board of supervisors of each county is encouraged to designate personnel from a veterans’ remains organization, as defined in Section 951, to fulfill the…
- § 955 (a) (1) A county veteran service officer that determines, pursuant to Section 951.5, that unclaimed remains are those of a veteran or dependent of a veteran,…