SECTIONS 7725-7726 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 7725-7726

7725. The cemetery authority of any cemetery from which human
remains are ordered removed by an ordinance adopted in accordance
with this chapter, may declare its intention and purpose to disinter
and remove the remains in accordance with the ordinance, and to
reinter the remains in another cemetery or cemeteries outside the
limits of the city or city and county, or to deposit the removed
remains in a memorial mausoleum or columbarium.
In the case of a cemetery corporation or association the procedure
for such declaration shall be by resolution of the governing body of
the corporation or association, ratified and approved by a majority
vote of the lot owners or holders at any regular meeting of the
corporation or association, or at a meeting specially called for the
purpose.

7726. Any resolution or declaration of intention to disinter and
remove human remains pursuant to this chapter adopted or declared by
any cemetery authority shall specify and declare that at any time
after the expiration of ten months from and after the first
publication of the notice of the resolution or declaration, the human
remains then remaining in all or any part of the cemetery will be
removed by the cemetery authority.