2012 California Codes
HSC - Health and Safety Code
DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES [7000 - 8030]
PART 2 - DISINTERMENT AND REMOVAL
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
ARTICLE 2 - Consent to Removal
Section 7525
The remains of a deceased person may be removed from a plot in a cemetery with the consent of the cemetery authority and the written consent of one of the following in the order named:
(a) The surviving spouse.
(b) The surviving children.
(c) The surviving parents.
(d) The surviving brothers or sisters.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
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