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California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 129

CCP § 129 Effective Jan 1, 2025Title 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 6 · Art. 2
(a)Notwithstanding any other law, a copy, reproduction, or facsimile of any kind of a photograph, negative, or print, including instant photographs and video recordings, of the body, or any portion of the body, of a deceased person, taken by or for the coroner at the scene of death or in the course of a post mortem examination or autopsy, shall not be made or disseminated except as follows:
(1)For use in a criminal action or proceeding in this state that relates to the death of that person.
(2)As a court of this state permits, by order after good cause has been shown and after written notification of the request for the court order has been served, at least five days before the order is made, upon the district attorney of the county in which the post mortem examination or autopsy has been made or caused to be made.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 654, Sec. 2. (SB 989) Effective January 1, 2025.

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