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2016 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES
CHAPTER 2 - Of Other and Miscellaneous Offenses
Section 643.

CA Penal Code § 643 (2016) What's This?

643. No person knowingly shall dispose of fetal remains in a public or private dump, refuse, or disposal site or place open to public view. For the purposes of this section, fetal remains means the lifeless product of conception regardless of the duration of the pregnancy.

Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor.

(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 377.)

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