ARTICLE 8. Revenue [7725. - 7731.4.]

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC 8.
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Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7725. Section 7725.

A license issued under this chapter shall expire each year on the last day of the month in which the license was originally issued. To renew an unexpired license, the licenseholder shall on or before the date on which it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the bureau, and pay the renewal fee prescribed by this chapter. The bureau shall mail to each licensed funeral establishment, funeral director, and embalmer, addressed to him or her at his or her address of record, a notice that a renewal fee is due and payable.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7725.2. Section 7725.2.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a license that has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration on filing of an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the bureau and payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal fees. If the license is not renewed within 30 days after its expiration the licensee, as a condition precedent to renewal, shall also pay the delinquency fee prescribed by this chapter. Renewal under this section shall be effective on the date on which the application is filed, on the date on which all renewal fees are paid, or on the date on which the delinquency fee, if any, is paid, whichever last occurs. If so renewed, the license shall continue in effect through the date provided in Section 7725 that next occurs after the effective date of the renewal, when it shall expire if it is not again renewed. If a license is not renewed within one year following its expiration, the bureau may require as a condition of renewal that the holder of the license pass an examination on the appropriate subjects provided by this chapter.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7725.3. Section 7725.3.

A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not entitle the holder of the license, while it remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in the activity to which the license relates, or in any other activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment by which it was suspended.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7725.4. Section 7725.4.

A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the holder of the license, as a condition precedent to its reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date before the date on which it is reinstated plus the delinquency fee, if any, accrued at the time of its revocation.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7725.5. Section 7725.5.

A license that is not renewed within five years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reissued, or reinstated thereafter. The holder of the expired license may obtain a new license only if the holder pays all of the fees, and meets all of the requirements, other than requirements relating to education, set forth in this chapter for obtaining an original license, except that the bureau may issue a new license to the holder without examination if the holder establishes to the bureau’s satisfaction that, with due regard for the public interest, the holder is qualified to engage in the activity in which the holder again seeks to be licensed. The bureau may, by appropriate regulation, provide for the waiver or refund of all or any part of the application fee in those cases in which a license is issued without examination under this section. The provisions of this section do not apply to certificates of apprenticeship.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7727. Section 7727.

(a) On or before the 10th day of each month, the department shall pay into the State Treasury and report to the State Controller all the fees received for the bureau. The fees shall be received by the State Treasurer and placed in the Cemetery and Funeral Fund, which fund is available for expenditures necessary for the proper administration of this chapter. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7729. Section 7729.

The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter shall be fixed according to the following schedule: (a) The application fee for a funeral director’s license shall be three hundred eighty dollars ($380). (b) The application fee for change of location of a funeral establishment’s license shall be four hundred seventy dollars ($470). (c) The application fee for permission to assign a funeral establishment’s license shall be five hundred sixty dollars ($560). (d) The license renewal fee payable by a licensed funeral director shall be three hundred eighty dollars ($380). The fee for a delinquent renewal of a funeral director’s license shall be 150 percent of the timely renewal fee. (e) The application fee for an embalmer’s license and the examination on the state’s laws required under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 7646 for the license shall be two hundred eighty dollars ($280). (f) The renewal fee payable by a licensed embalmer shall be one hundred ninety dollars ($190). The fee for a delinquent renewal of an embalmer’s license shall be 150 percent of the timely renewal fee. (g) The application fee for a certificate of registration as an apprentice embalmer shall be one hundred twenty dollars ($120). (h) The fee for an application by a funeral establishment for approval to train apprentice embalmers and for renewal of that approval shall be one hundred ninety dollars ($190). (i) The application fee for a funeral director’s examination shall be one hundred ninety dollars ($190). (j) The fee for a timely filing of an individual report or a combined report on preneed trust funds shall be five hundred dollars ($500). The fee for a late filing of any report on preneed trust funds shall be 150 percent of the applicable timely fee. (k) The application fee for permission to change the name appearing on a funeral establishment’s license shall be three hundred dollars ($300), and for permission to change the name on any other license or certificate, shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). ( l ) The application fee for a duplicate funeral director’s license, a duplicate funeral establishment’s license, a duplicate embalmer’s license, or a duplicate certificate of registration as an apprentice embalmer, shall be fifty dollars ($50). (m) The fee for filing a report of a change of corporate officers, managers, or preneed trust fund trustees shall be fifty dollars ($50). (n) The application fee for a funeral establishment license shall be seven hundred fifty dollars ($750). (o) The license renewal fee for a licensed funeral establishment shall be seven hundred fifty dollars ($750). The fee for a delinquent renewal of a funeral establishment license shall be 150 percent of the timely renewal fee.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7729.1. Section 7729.1.

The amount of fees prescribed for a license or certificate of authority under this act is that fixed by the following provisions of this article. Any license or certificate of authority provided under this act that has expired may be renewed within five years of its expiration upon payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal and regulatory fees.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7729.2. Section 7729.2.

The delinquent renewal fee for a license, registration, or certificate of authority under this chapter shall be 150 percent of the timely fee, but not less than the renewal fee plus twenty-five dollars ($25).

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7729.4. Section 7729.4.

(a) The original cemetery broker’s license fee is payable at the time of the filing of an application for an original cemetery broker’s license. (b) If the applicant fails the required written examination, they may be permitted to take another examination upon the filing of an application for reexamination and the payment of a reexamination fee. This reexamination fee shall be one hundred ninety dollars ($190). (c) No part of any original cemetery broker’s license fee or reexamination fee is refundable. It is deemed earned upon receipt by the bureau, whether the accompanying application for a license is complete or incomplete.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7729.6. Section 7729.6.

If the licensee is a cemetery brokerage corporation, the license issued to it entitles one officer only, on behalf of the corporation, to engage in the business of a cemetery broker without the payment of a further fee, that officer to be designated in the application of the corporation for a license. For each other officer of a licensed cemetery brokerage corporation, through whom it engages in the business of a cemetery broker, the annual renewal fee, in addition to the fee paid by the corporation, shall be one hundred ninety dollars ($190).

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7729.7. Section 7729.7.

If the licensee is a cemetery brokerage copartnership, the license issued to it entitles one member only of the copartnership to engage on behalf of the copartnership in the business of a cemetery broker, which member shall be designated in the application of the copartnership for a license. For each other member of the copartnership who on behalf of the copartnership engages in the business of a cemetery broker, the annual renewal fee, in addition to the fee paid by the copartnership, shall be one hundred ninety dollars ($190).

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7729.11. Section 7729.11.

The fee for a timely filing of an annual report on the endowment care fund and special care fund by a certificate of authority shall be five hundred dollars ($500). The fee for a late filing of an annual report on the endowment care fund and special care fund shall be 150 percent of the applicable timely fee.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7730.6. Section 7730.6.

(a) For reinstatement of a license within the fiscal year, the fee shall be fifty dollars ($50). (b) As used in this section, “reinstatement of a license” means the reissuance of a canceled cemetery broker’s license, or a cemetery salesperson’s license which was canceled during the year for which it was issued upon the salesperson’s withdrawal from the employ of a cemetery broker.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7730.7. Section 7730.7.

(a) The fee for a crematory manager examination and reexamination shall be six hundred eighty dollars ($680). (b) The license fee to obtain a crematory manager license shall be one hundred thirty dollars ($130). (c) The renewal fee for a crematory manager license shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7730.8. Section 7730.8.

(a) The fee for a cemetery manager examination shall be eight hundred dollars ($800). (b) The license fee to obtain a cemetery manager license shall be one hundred thirty dollars ($130). (c) The renewal fee for a cemetery manager license shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7730.10. Section 7730.10.

Every cemetery authority operating a cemetery shall pay an annual regulatory charge for each cemetery of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750). In addition to an annual regulatory charge for each cemetery, an additional quarterly charge eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) for each burial, entombment, or inurnment made during the preceding quarter shall be paid to the bureau and these charges shall be deposited in the Cemetery and Funeral Fund. If the cemetery authority performs a burial, entombment, or inurnment, and the cremation was performed at a crematory located on the grounds of the cemetery and under common ownership with the cemetery authority, the total of all additional charges shall be not more than eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50).

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7730.11. Section 7730.11.

(a) The bureau shall establish the fee to obtain or renew a hydrolysis facility license, which shall not exceed the reasonable cost of license administration. (b) Every licensee operating a hydrolysis facility pursuant to a license issued pursuant to this article shall pay an additional charge eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hydrolysis made during the preceding quarter, which charges shall be deposited into the Cemetery and Funeral Fund.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7730.12. Section 7730.12.

(a) On or before January 1, 2027, the bureau shall establish the fee to obtain or renew a reduction facility license, which shall be set by the bureau pursuant to subdivision (c). (b) Every licensee operating a reduction facility shall pay an additional charge per reduction made during the preceding quarter, to be set by the bureau pursuant to subdivision (c). (c) The bureau shall set the fees in subdivisions (a) and (b) in amounts that cumulatively do not exceed the reasonable costs of administering the licensing program. The fee for individual reductions shall not exceed eight dollars and fifty cents ($8.50) per reduction. All fees assessed pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Cemetery and Funeral Fund and shall be used exclusively to administer the licensing program for reduction facilities.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7731.1. Section 7731.1.

Failure to pay the charges set forth by Section 7730.10 prior to February 1 for each year shall be cause for suspension of the certificate of authority. The certificate may be restored upon payment to the bureau of the prescribed charges.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7731.3. Section 7731.3.

(a) All moneys received by the bureau under the provisions of this chapter shall be accounted for and reported by detailed statements furnished by the bureau to the Controller at least once a month, and at the same time these moneys shall be remitted to the Treasurer, and, upon order of the Controller, shall be deposited in the Cemetery and Funeral Fund in the State Treasury, which fund is hereby created. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7731.4. Section 7731.4.

(a) All moneys paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Cemetery and Funeral Fund shall be expended in accordance with law for the payment of all actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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