California Military and Veterans Code 951 – (a) “Veteran status information” means the data required by the …
(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 the dependent of a veteran for purposes of eligibility for burial in a national or state cemetery, including the person’s name, service number, social security number, date of birth, date of death, place of birth, branch of the service, and military rank.
(b) “Veterans’ remains organization” means any entity recognized by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Personnel Records Center as an organization authorized to verify and inter unclaimed cremated remains of American veterans, including a member or employee of that entity.
Terms Used In California Military and Veterans Code 951
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- department: means the Department of Veterans Affairs. See California Military and Veterans Code 690
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- veteran: means a person honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States, including, but not limited to, the Philippine Commonwealth Army, the Regular Scouts ("Old Scouts"), and the Special Philippine Scouts ("New Scouts"). See California Military and Veterans Code 940
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 186, Sec. 3. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2014.)