Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7716 · Article 7. Penal Provisions
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7716
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Every funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer, or the agents or representatives thereof, who, after a death or while a death is impending, pays, offers to pay or causes to be paid, directly or indirectly, any sum of money or other valuable consideration for the securing of business is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=7716.
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