1. A cemetery shall disclose, prior to the sale of interment rights, whether opening and closing services are included in the purchase of the interment rights. If opening and closing services are not included in the sale of interment rights and the cemetery offers opening and closing services, the cemetery must disclose that the price for opening and closing services is subject to change and must disclose the current prices for opening and closing services provided by the cemetery.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 523I.301

  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Sale: means any sale, offer for sale, or attempt to sell or lease any land, to the public in this state, for cash or on credit. See Iowa Code 543C.1
 2. The cemetery shall fully disclose all fees required for interment, entombment, inurnment, or disinterment of human remains.
 3. A person owning interment rights may sell those rights to third parties. The cemetery shall fully disclose, in the cemetery’s rules, any requirements necessary to transfer title of interment rights to a third party.