§ 7617 Funeral Establishment Licensing Requirements

Business and Professions Code·California

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•You need a special license to run a funeral home.
•A funeral home must have a permanent location, not just a temporary spot.
•You can't pretend to run a funeral home without the right license.

Example

If someone starts offering funeral services from their garage without a license.

This is against the law because they don’t have the required license and their garage isn’t a proper, fixed location for a funeral home.

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§ 7617 Funeral Establishment Licensing Requirements

The business of a licensed funeral establishment shall be conducted and engaged in at a fixed place or facility. No person, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization shall open or maintain a place or establishment at which to engage in or conduct, or hold himself or herself or itself out as engaging in or conducting, the business of a funeral establishment without a license. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Business and Professions Code. Section 7617.

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