Section 7207 Of Chapter 4. Disposal Of Unclaimed Dead From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 7. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4.

. Whenever, through the failure of any person to notify the State department, or promptly to deliver the body of a deceased indigent as required by the State department, such body becomes unfit for scientific or educational purposes, the State department shall so certify and the remains shall be interred at the expense of those guilty of such noncompliance.