Section 7103 Of Chapter 3. Custody, And Duty Of Interment From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 7. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3.
7103
. (a) Every person, upon whom the duty of interment is imposed
by law, who omits to perform that duty within a reasonable time is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Every licensee or registrant pursuant to Chapter 12
(commencing with Section 7600) or Chapter 19 (commencing with Section
9600) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, and the
agents and employees of the licensee or registrant, or any unlicensed
person acting in a capacity in which a license from the Cemetery and
Funeral Bureau is required, upon whom the duty of interment is
imposed by law, who omits to perform that duty within a reasonable
time is guilty of a misdemeanor that shall be punishable by
imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, by a fine not
exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both that imprisonment
and fine.
(c) In addition, any person, registrant, or licensee described in
subdivision (a) or (b) is liable to pay the person performing the
duty in his or her stead treble the expenses incurred by the latter
in making the interment, to be recovered in a civil action.