The person in charge of a public institution in which the decedent was an inmate shall transmit upon request, to the state department or to any person designated by it, a brief medical history of the unclaimed dead for purpose of identification and permanent record, which records shall be open to inspection by any State or county official or prosecuting attorney.
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 7201
Disposal of Unclaimed Dead
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 67 Cal. App. 4th 1058 - Aguirre-Alvarez v. Regents of University of California (1998)
Most recently applied in 67 Cal. App. 4th 1058 - Aguirre-Alvarez v. Regents of University of California (November 1998)
Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.
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