§ 7753 Remains Disinterment Notice Requirements

Health and Safety Code·California

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•The cemetery must tell you in writing when and where they will move the buried body.
•They have to send this notice at least 10 days before they move the body.
•The notice can be handed to you directly or sent by mail.

Example

Your grandma is buried in a cemetery, but the cemetery needs to move her grave to another spot.

The cemetery must send you a letter or tell you in person at least 10 days before they move her. The letter will say exactly when they will take her out of the ground and where they will bury her again.

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§ 7753 Remains Disinterment Notice Requirements

After receipt of such notice before the date fixed for the removal of the remains by the cemetery authority, it shall give written notice to the person requesting it of the time when the remains shall be disinterred and of the time when and the place where they will be reinterred. This notice shall be given by delivery, or by mail, to the person requesting it at least ten days prior to the date specified for the disinterment of the remains. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Last verified: January 24, 2026

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authority disinterment

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 7753.

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