Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:27-32

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
32. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, a person shall not purchase an interment space for the sole purpose of resale, and a cemetery company shall not sell an interment space to a person whom it reasonably should know is purchasing an interment space for the purpose of resale. The board may adopt regulations to enforce this subsection.

b. A membership or religious corporation or unincorporated association or society may purchase interment spaces in bulk for the purpose of resale, transfer or assignment of interment rights provided that:

(1) if the purchase is for 17 interment spaces or more, it has received approval from the board to do so;

(2) it sells, gives or assigns the interment spaces only to its members and the interment spaces are intended for the use of its members and their families;

(3) at the time it sells, gives or assigns an interment space, it provides notification to the cemetery company for recording;

(4) it designates in writing to the cemetery company an agent with authority to consent to burials in interment spaces owned by it; and

(5) it makes the payments to the Maintenance and Preservation Fund required by section 13 of this act.

c. If the corporation, association or society fails to meet its obligations under subsection b. of this section, the cemetery company may reclaim the unoccupied interment spaces owned by it in the manner and with the restrictions set by the board.

L.2003,c.261,s.32.