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Division 8 - CEMETERIES
Division 8 - CEMETERIES
California Health and Safety Code — §§ 8100-9703
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§§ 8100-8124
Chapter 1 - Definitions
§§ 8100
Chapter 2 - Vandalism
§§ 8102-8103
Chapter 3 - Records
§§ 8110-8112
Chapter 3.5 - Requirements for Burials
§§ 8113-8113.7
Chapter 4 - Local Regulation of Cemeteries
§§ 8115
Chapter 4.5 - Maintenance of Cemetery Grounds
§§ 8117-8118
Chapter 5 - Change In Use
§§ 8120
Chapter 6 - Veteran’s Commemorative Property
§§ 8122-8124
Part 2 - PUBLIC CEMETERIES
§§ 8125-8137
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 8125-8137
Part 3 - PRIVATE CEMETERIES
§§ 8250-8829
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 8250-8253
Chapter 2 - Operation and Management
§§ 8275-8396
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 8275-8279
Article 2 - Rules and Regulations
§§ 8300-8309
Article 3 - Police Power
§§ 8325
Article 4 - Records
§§ 8330-8331
Article 5 - Operation of Crematories
§§ 8341-8347
Article 6 - Contract Limitations
§§ 8350-8351
Article 7 - Restrictions on Officers
§§ 8360-8362
Article 8 - Hydrolysis Facilities
§§ 8370-8382
Article 9 - Reduction Facilities
§§ 8390-8396
Chapter 3 - Acquisition, Dedication and Sale
§§ 8500-8585
Article 1 - Acquisition of Property
§§ 8500-8501
Article 2 - Declaration of Intention
§§ 8525-8526
Article 3 - Dedication
§§ 8550-8561
Article 4 - Sale of Plots
§§ 8570-8574
Article 5 - Removal of Dedication
§§ 8580-8581
Article 6 - Transfer of Cemetery Ownership
§§ 8585
Chapter 4 - Property Rights
§§ 8600-8680
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 8600-8605
Article 2 - Joint Tenants
§§ 8625-8629
Article 3 - Family Interment Plots
§§ 8650-8653
Article 4 - Vested Right of Interment
§§ 8675-8676
Article 5 - Voluntary Establishment of Inalienability
§§ 8680
Chapter 5 - Endowment and Special Care
§§ 8700-8785
Article 1 - Care of Old Cemeteries
§§ 8700-8715
Article 2 - Care of Active Cemeteries
§§ 8725-8748
Article 3 - Investment of Endowment Funds
§§ 8750-8751.1
Article 4 - Special Care
§§ 8775-8779.5
Article 5 - Misrepresentation as to Endowment
§§ 8780-8781
Article 6 - Penalties
§§ 8785
Chapter 7 - Abandonment
§§ 8825-8829
Part 4 - PUBLIC CEMETERY DISTRICTS
§§ 9000-9093
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 9000-9007
Chapter 2 - Formation
§§ 9010-9014
Chapter 3 - Board of Trustees
§§ 9020-9031
Chapter 4 - Powers
§§ 9040-9056
Chapter 5 - Interments
§§ 9060-9069
Chapter 5.5 - Interment Rights
§§ 9069.10-9069.40
Chapter 6 - Finances
§§ 9070-9079
Chapter 7 - Alternative Revenues
§§ 9080-9083
Chapter 8 - Zones
§§ 9090-9093
Part 5 - MAUSOLEUMS AND COLUMBARIUMS
§§ 9501-9677
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 9501-9513
Chapter 2 - Enforcement
§§ 9525-9528
Chapter 3 - Permits and Plans
§§ 9550-9580
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 9550
Article 2 - Application, Permit and Certificate of Occupancy
§§ 9560-9565
Article 3 - Cancellation of Permit
§§ 9575
Article 4 - Expiration of Permit
§§ 9580
Chapter 4 - Inspection and Approval
§§ 9590-9592
Chapter 5 - Construction
§§ 9600-9647
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 9600-9603
Article 2 - Structural and Material Requirements of Community Mausoleums and Columbariums
§§ 9625-9647
Chapter 6 - Penalties
§§ 9675-9677
Part 6 - PET CEMETERIES
§§ 9700-9703