All cemetery companies and cemetery owners in this State shall register every 5 years or upon change of ownership with the Cemetery Board and pay the registration fee determined by Department of Health and Social Services in an amount that approximates and reasonably reflects the costs necessary to defray the expenses of the Board. A volunteer may register an abandoned cemetery.

76 Del. Laws, c. 317, § ?1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 116.;

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7906A

  • Abandoned cemetery: shall mean a cemetery where there is no owner of record in the respective county's recorder of deeds records. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7902A
  • Board: means the Cemetery Board established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7902A
  • Cemetery: shall mean land or structure used or intended to be used for the interment/entombment of human remains including facilities used for the final disposition of cremated remains. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7902A
  • Department: means Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7902A
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
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