Health and Safety Code section 8500

Cemetery authorities may take by purchase, donation or devise, property consisting of lands, mausoleums, crematories, and columbariums, or other property within which the interment of the dead may be authorized by law.

Source: Section 8500, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=8500. (accessed May 12, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_8500

Original Source: Section 8500, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=8500. (last accessed May 12, 2025).