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HomeHealth and Safety CodeDiv. 102Pt. 1Ch. 8§ 103080 Permit Return After Interment

§ 103080 Permit Return After Interment

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§ 103080 Permit Return After Interment

This law says that the person in charge of a burial or cremation must sign a permit and send it back to the local office within 10 days. After one year, the local office can throw away old permits.

Key Takeaways

  • •The person in charge of a burial or cremation must sign a permit and send it back within 10 days.
  • •The local office keeps the permit for one year before they can throw it away.
  • •This rule started on July 1, 2020.

Example

When someone passes away and is buried or cremated, the funeral director must fill out a permit.

The funeral director signs the permit, writes the date of the burial or cremation, and sends a copy to the local office within 10 days. The local office keeps it for a year and then can throw it away.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

Official Source
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§ 103080 Permit Return After Interment

(a) The person in charge of the place of interment, or the funeral director or person acting as funeral director if no person is in charge, shall sign the permit, endorse upon it the date of interment, hydrolysis, or cremation, and, within 10 days, return the first copy of the permit so endorsed to the local registrar of the district in which the interment took place. The third copy of the permit shall be returned to the office of issuance. After one year, the local registrar may destroy any original or duplicate permit retained by the local registrar pursuant to this section. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020. (Repealed (in Sec. 74) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 75. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

Key Terms

permitintermenthydrolysiscremationlocal registrarfuneral director

Related Statutes

  • § 103100 Cemetery Interment Permit Rules
  • § 103085 Out-Of-State Remains Permit
  • § 103090 Funeral Director Body Transport
  • § 103055 Disposition Permit Requirements
  • § 103060 Cremated Remains Disposition Permit

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 103080.
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