2005 California Health and Safety Code Sections 103050-103105 CHAPTER 8. PERMITS FOR DISPOSITION OF HUMAN REMAINS

103050.  No person shall dispose of human remains unless (a) there
has been obtained and filed with a local registrar a death
certificate, as provided in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section
102775) of this part, and (b) there has been obtained from a local
registrar a permit for disposition.
103055.  (a) If the certificate of death is properly executed and
complete, the local registrar of births and deaths shall issue a
permit for disposition, that in all cases, shall specify any one of
the following:
   (1) The name of the cemetery where the remains shall be interred.
   (2) Burial at sea as provided in Section 7117.
   (3) The address or description of the place where remains shall be
buried or scattered.
   (4) The address of the location where the cremated remains will be
kept, as provided in Section 7054.6, under the conditions the state
registrar may approve, including, but not limited to, conditions in
keeping with public sensibilities, applicable laws, and reasonable
assurances that the disposition will be carried out in accordance
with the prescribed conditions and will not constitute a private or
public nuisance.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part relative to
issuance of a permit for disposition, whenever the death occurred
from a disease declared by the state department to be infectious,
contagious, or communicable and dangerous to the public health, no
permit for the disposition of the body shall be issued by the local
registrar, except under those conditions as may be prescribed by the
state department and local health officers.
103060.  A permit for disposition for the purpose of removing
cremated remains from the place of cremation or interment shall
include a description of the final place of disposition sufficient to
identify the place and shall be issued by the local registrar to the
person having the right to control the disposition of the remains
under Section 7100 upon the application of that person.
   A permit for disposition shall be issued under this section only
upon the signed acknowledgement by the person making application that
trespass and nuisance laws apply to the disposition and that the
permit gives no right of unrestricted access to property not owned by
the person for the purpose of disposing of the remains.
   The person to whom the permit for disposition was issued shall
sign the permit, endorse upon it the date of final disposition and,
within 10 days, return the first copy of the permit so endorsed to
the local registrar of the district in which the disposition took
place.  The third copy of the permit shall be returned to the office
of issuance.  After one year the local registrar may destroy any
original or duplicate permit retained by him or her pursuant to this
section.
103065.  (a) Upon the presentation of a certificate of death
properly executed and completed in accordance with the policies and
procedures of the county coroner in which the death occurred that are
not in conflict with state law, the permit for disposition required
by Sections 103050, 103055, and 103060 shall be issued by any local
registrar pursuant to this section.  The local registrar issuing the
permit for disposition pursuant to this section shall promptly
forward the death certificate and a duplicate of the permit for
disposition to the local registrar of the district in which death
occurred or the body was found.
   (b) The applicant for a permit under this section shall pay a fee
of six dollars ($6) to the issuing registrar.  Thirty percent of the
fee shall be transferred by the issuing registrar to the local
registrar of the county where the death occurred and 40 percent shall
be transferred to the State Registrar for the administration of this
section.
   (c) Applicants for a permit for disposition pursuant to this
section shall not be subject to Section 103675.
103070.  The body of any person whose death occurs in this state, or
whose body is found in the state, or that is brought in from outside
the state, shall not be temporarily held pending disposition more
than eight calendar days after death, unless a permit for disposition
is issued by the local registrar of the registration district in
which the death occurred or the body was found.
103075.  The permit shall accompany the body to its destination,
where, if within this state, it shall be delivered to the person in
charge of the place of interment.
103080.  The person in charge of the place of interment, or the
funeral director or person acting as funeral director if no person is
in charge, shall sign the permit, endorse upon it the date of
interment or cremation, and, within 10 days, return the first copy of
the permit so endorsed to the local registrar of the district in
which the interment took place.  The third copy of the permit shall
be returned to the office of issuance.  After one year the local
registrar may destroy any original or duplicate permit retained by
the local registrar pursuant to this section.
103085.  When human remains are transported from outside the state
into a registration district in California for interment, the permit
for disposition, issued in accordance with the law and health
regulations of the place where the death occurred, shall be accepted
by the local registrar of the district into which the human remains
have been transported, as a basis upon which he or she shall issue a
local permit, noting upon the face of the permit the fact that human
remains were shipped in for interment and the place of death.
103090.  This chapter does not prevent a funeral director from
removing a body from the registration district where the death
occurred or the body was found to another registration district in
the same or another county in a funeral director's conveyance for the
purpose of preparing the body for interment or shipment.
103095.  A permit issued in one county or city is valid and
sufficient in any county it specifies as the place of interment.
103100.  If any cemetery is located partly in one registration
district and partly in another, only one permit shall be required for
interment and a permit authorizing interment in the cemetery shall
entitle interment to be made within or without the district to which
the permit is directed.  The permit shall be returned to the
registration district in which the interment is made irrespective of
the district to which it is directed.  The local registrar of the
district in which the interment is made shall forthwith file the
permit on presentation without charge.
103105.  Permits for the disinterment or removal of interred remains
shall be required, as specified in Part 2 (commencing with Section
7500) of Division 7.