2005 California Health and Safety Code Sections 8585 Article 6. Transfer of Cemetery Ownership

8585.  Whenever ownership of any cemetery authority is proposed to
be transferred, the cemetery authority shall notify the Cemetery and
Funeral Bureau in the Department of Consumer Affairs.  A change in
ownership, for purposes of this section, shall be deemed to occur
whenever more than 50 percent of the equitable ownership of a
cemetery authority is transferred in a single transaction or in a
related series of transactions to one or more persons, associations,
or corporations.  The notice shall specify the address of the
principal offices of the cemetery authority, and whether it will be
changed or unchanged, and shall specify the name and address of each
new owner and the stockholders thereof.
   Notice of such a change of ownership shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the cemetery
is located.  The notice shall specify the address of the principal
offices of the cemetery authority, whether changed or unchanged, and
shall specify the name and address of each new owner and each
stockholder owning more than 5 percent of the stock of each new
owner.
   If there is a change of ownership pursuant to this section, the
existing certificate of authority shall lapse and a new certificate
of authority shall be obtained from the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau.
No person shall purchase a cemetery, including purchase at a sale
for delinquent taxes, or purchase more than 50 percent of the
equitable ownership of a cemetery authority without having obtained a
certificate of authority from the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau prior
to the purchase of the cemetery or such an ownership interest in the
cemetery authority.
   Every cemetery authority shall post and continuously maintain at
each public entrance to the cemetery a sign specifying the current
name and address of the cemetery authority, a statement that the name
and address of each director and officer of the cemetery authority
may be obtained by contacting the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau of the
State of California, and the address of the Cemetery and Funeral
Bureau.  Such signs shall be at least 16 inches high and 24 inches
wide and shall be prominently mounted upright and vertical.
   The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau shall suspend the certificate of
authority of any cemetery authority which is in violation of the sign
or public notice requirements of this section.  Such certificate may
be reinstated only upon compliance with such requirements.