Burial in backyards here in San Diego only occur during murders. However, 
people who cremate their relatives often simply shake the box around a favorite 
sand dune, forest, stream or off the coast. 

In rural areas, the County Health Department has not been vigilant with 
regards to family plots. I know of several that continue to be used and no one 
officially intervenes. There are a number of private local cemeteries. The formal 
ones are regulated, but the family ones are ignored. You can imagine it is a 
touchy subject. I have even seen U.S. military grave markers at some of those 
rural plots.

Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.