§ 45:27-1 Short title
§ 45:27-2 Definitions relative to cemeteries
§ 45:27-3 New Jersey Cemetery Board continued
§ 45:27-4 Responsibilities of board
§ 45:27-5 Notice of actions, proceedings involving cemetery companies
§ 45:27-6 Ownership, operation of cemetery, forms authorized
§ 45:27-7 Cemetery company, nonprofit corporation, certificate of authority
§ 45:27-7.1 Certificate of authority to provide management services for a cemetery, issuance to certain for-profit entities
§ 45:27-8 Purposes of cemetery company
§ 45:27-9 Amendment of charter, certificate of incorporation
§ 45:27-10 Voting rights of members
§ 45:27-11 Reinstatement in perpetuity of certain cemetery associations
§ 45:27-12 Maintenance and Preservation Fund
§ 45:27-13 Capital required for issuance of certificate of authority; fees and charges
§ 45:27-14 Deposit for maintenance of private mausoleum; other funding requirements
§ 45:27-15 Annual report
§ 45:27-15.1 Additional reporting requirements for certain cemetery companies
§ 45:27-16 Duties, powers of cemetery company; restrictions
§ 45:27-17 Copy of survey map, filing with board
§ 45:27-18 Filing requirements with board; public information
§ 45:27-19 Record of interment, placement of cremains
§ 45:27-20 Exemption from certain taxes
§ 45:27-21 Dedication of property to cemetery purposes
§ 45:27-22 Control of funeral, disposition of remains; priority classes
§ 45:27-23 Removal of remains from interment space
§ 45:27-24 Removal of memorial, embellishment, impediment
§ 45:27-25 Consent of municipality for establishment, enlargement of cemetery
§ 45:27-26 Issuance of certificates
§ 45:27-27 Permit for public mausoleum
§ 45:27-28 Transfer of interment space, niche
§ 45:27-29 Multiple owners of interment space
§ 45:27-30 Regulations on interment
§ 45:27-31 Maintenance of interment spaces
§ 45:27-32 Resale of interment space
§ 45:27-33 Reclamation of grave, crypt
§ 45:27-34 Lease, transfer of land, interest in land
§ 45:27-35 License required for cemetery salesperson
§ 45:27-36 Issuance, renewal of license
§ 45:27-37 Application for cemetery salesperson license
§ 45:27-38 Action instituted by board
§ 45:27-39 Prior approval required for construction of crematory
§ 45:27-40 Permitted locations of crematory
§ 45:27-41 Registry of cemetery companies accepting payment for recipients of Work First New Jersey, SSI

Attorney's Note

This law authorizes the New Jersey Cemetery Board to continue licensing and regulating cemetery companies that are not considered religious corporations. The Cemetery Board operates within the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety. Among other things, the Board oversee the sale of cemetery lots, the care and upkeep of cemeteries, and the handling of trusts and endowment funds. It issues certificates of authority and licenses cemetery salespeople.  
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