This article does not apply to or prohibit the removal of any remains from one plot to another in the same cemetery or the removal of remains by a cemetery authority from a plot for which the purchase price is past due and unpaid, to some other suitable place; nor does it apply to the disinterment of remains upon order of court or coroner.
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 7528
Consent to Removal
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Keck v. Levingston (1946)
Most recently applied in 130 Cal. App. 4th 119 - Maffei v. WOODLAWN MEMORIAL PARK (June 2005)
Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.
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