§ 217

Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 14, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.
(a)A business that receives an oral or written request from a family member, attorney, or personal representative of a deceased person to cancel that person’s services may not require an in-person cancellation.
(b)For purposes of this section, “services” include, but are not limited to, gas, electrical, water, sewage, cable, satellite, telephone, or cellular telephone service.

Other sections in Chapter 3 - Reporting Fact of Death

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