Health and Safety Code section 8551

The cemetery authority shall file the map or plat in the office of the recorder of the county in which all or a portion of the property is situated. The cemetery authority shall also file for record in the county recorder’s office a written declaration of dedication of the property delineated on the plat or map, dedicating the property exclusively to cemetery purposes.

Source: Section 8551, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=8551.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1939; accessed Oct. 20, 2025).

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