California § 8825 - A city or county having a nonendowment care cemetery within its boundaries which
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§ 8825. A city or county having a nonendowment care cemetery within its boundaries which
A city or county having a nonendowment care cemetery within its boundaries which threatens or endangers the health, safety, comfort or welfare of the public may, by resolution of its governing board, if not more than 10 human dead bodies have been interred therein for a period of five years immediately preceding the date of the resolution, declare the abandonment of the cemetery as a place of future interment, but shall permit interment therein of any person who is an owner of a plot in the cemetery on the date of adoption of the resolution or who otherwise has a right of interment in the cemetery which is vested on such date. The resolution may provide for the removal of such copings, improvements, and embellishments which the governing board finds to be a threat or danger to the health, safety, comfort, or welfare of the public.
Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Public Contract Code - PCC § 8825 cover?
Section 8825 ("A city or county having a nonendowment care cemetery within its boundaries which") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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