Health and Safety Code section 8003

After the publication and mailing of the notice mentioned in Section 8001 of this code and after the expiration of the 60 days specified in the notice, the county shall have the power to cause the removal of all human remains interred in the cemetery about to be abandoned and to cause the reinterment in other cemeteries of the county in which burials are permitted, without further notice to any persons claiming an interest in the remains therein interred.

Source: Section 8003, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=8003.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1947; accessed Jul. 13, 2026).

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