California Code
ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Death
Section 102775.

102775. Each death shall be registered with the local registrar of births and deaths in the district in which the death was officially pronounced or the body was found, within eight calendar days after death and prior to any disposition of the human remains.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)