California Military and Veterans Code ARTICLE 2 - Burial of Veterans and Veterans’ Dependents

• Section 940.
  As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, “veteran” means a person honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States, including,...
• Section 940.5.
  As used in this article, the terms “burial” and “interment” include cremation, except that the election of the form of interment as between burial and...
• Section 941.
  This article shall not apply to soldiers, sailors, or marines who die in the national or State soldiers’ homes in this State.(Enacted by Stats. 1935,...
• Section 942.
  The board of supervisors of each county shall designate an honorably discharged veteran of the United States military or a member of a veterans’ remains...
• Section 943.
  Such burial shall not be made in any cemetery or burial ground, or any portion thereof, used exclusively for the burial of the pauper dead.(Enacted...
• Section 944.
  In the event a deceased veteran or a widow of a veteran has been interred other than by the person designated by the board of...
• Section 945.
  The expenses to the county of each burial or contribution shall not exceed the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350). Claims therefor are governed...
• Section 946.
  Such claims shall be paid by the county in which the veteran or widow dies. If the decedent was a resident of any other county...
• Section 947.
  The person appointed under section 942, before he assumes the charge and expenses of any burial, shall first satisfy himself by a careful inquiry into...
• Section 948.
  The clerk of the board of supervisors, upon receiving the report and statement of expenses, shall transcribe in a book kept for that purpose all...
• Section 949.
  The board of supervisors shall perpetually maintain the grave of any such honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine. The expenses thus incurred shall be audited...
• Section 950.
  The person appointed under section 942 shall receive no compensation for any duties he may perform in compliance with this article.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch.
• Section 951.
  (a) “Veteran status information” means the data required by the Department of Veterans Affairs to verify the status of a decedent as either a veteran or...
• Section 951.5.
  The public administrator of the county shall make every reasonable effort to determine if the unclaimed remains of a decedent referred to the public administrator...
• Section 952.
  (a) A cemetery corporation or association, or other entity in possession of the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran, shall, upon request...
• Section 953.
  (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...
• Section 954.
  The board of supervisors of each county is encouraged to designate personnel from a veterans’ remains organization, as defined in Section 951, to fulfill the...
• Section 955.
  (a) (1) A county veteran service officer that determines, pursuant to Section 951.5, that unclaimed remains are those of a veteran or dependent of a veteran, and...

Last modified: October 22, 2018