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Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7637.8 · Article 2.5. Cemetery Brokerage Regulations

Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7637.8

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Every officer, agent, or employee of any company, and every other person who knowingly authorizes, directs, or aids in the publication, advertisement, distribution, or circulation of any false statement or representation concerning any cemetery or cemetery brokerage business and every person who, with knowledge that any advertisement, pamphlet, prospectus, or letter concerning any cemetery brokerage business or any written statement that is false or fraudulent, issues, circulates, publishes, or distributes the same, or causes it to be issued, circulated, published, or distributed, or who in any other respect willfully violates or fails, omits, or neglects to obey, observe, or comply with any order, permit, decision, demand, or requirement of the bureau under the provisions of this act relating to cemetery brokerage, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, if a cemetery licensee, he or she shall be held to trial by the bureau for a suspension or revocation of his or her cemetery license, as provided in the provisions of this act relating to disciplinary proceedings.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 18. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7637.8.
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