§ 7735 Cemetery Removal Notice Requirements

Health and Safety Code·California

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•If someone wants to move graves from a cemetery, they must tell the public first.
•They have to put a notice in a local newspaper.
•The notice must run once a week for two months in a row.

Example

A company wants to move graves to build a new road.

Before they can move the graves, they must put a notice in the local newspaper for two months so people know what’s happening.

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§ 7735 Cemetery Removal Notice Requirements

Notice of a declaration of intention to remove the human remains from all or any part of any cemetery shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city, or city and county, in which the cemetery or the portion from which removals are to be made is situated. Publication shall be at least once a week for two successive months. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Last verified: January 24, 2026

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port publication declaration intention circulation

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 7735.

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