Business and Professions Code section 7673.1

(a)

A cremated remains disposer who stores cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains in a reckless manner that results in either of the following is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment:

(1)

Loss of all or part of the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains.

(2)

Inability to individually identify the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains.

(b)

This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.

Source: Section 7673.1, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=7673.­1.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2023; accessed Aug. 31, 2026).

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