Statute · California Military and Veterans Code
Cal. Mil. & Vet. Code § 953 — Burial of Veterans and Veterans’ Dependents
Cal. Mil. & Vet. Code § 953
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Military and Veterans Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2011-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) A veterans’ remains organization shall take all reasonable steps to inter the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran received in accordance with this article.
Citator
Cal. Mil. & Vet. Code § 953 — Burial of Veterans and Veterans’ Dependents is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) A veterans’ remains organization shall take all reasonable steps to inter the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran received in accordance with this article.
(b) A veterans’ remains organization that receives and inters the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran pursuant to this article shall not be liable for negligence if the veterans’ remains organization does not know or have reason to know that the cremated remains of the veteran or dependent of a veteran were not released by the cemetery authority, cemetery corporation or association, or other entity in compliance with subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 952.