Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7638 · Article 2.5. Cemetery Brokerage Regulations
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7638
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Any person, other than a person making an occasional sale, who advertises cemetery property for sale or exchange, without being duly licensed as a cemetery broker or a cemetery salesperson, or without possessing a certificate of authority as a cemetery corporation, is guilty of a misdemeanor. If such person is a corporation, it shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 18. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.
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- Official file
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