Cemetaries: Related Laws
U.S.
Alaska
Arizona
- Arizona Laws > Title 9 > Chapter 4 > Article 5 - Cemeteries
- Arizona Laws > Title 32 > Chapter 20 > Article 6 - Organization and Regulation of Cemeteries
California
Connecticut
Delaware
- Delaware Code > Title 7 > Chapter 51 - Unknown Sailors’ Cemetery
- Delaware Code > Title 7 > Chapter 54 - Unmarked Human Burials and Human Skeletal Remains
- Delaware Code > Title 9 > Chapter 10 - For-Profit Cemeteries
- Delaware Code > Title 29 > Chapter 79A - Cemetery Registration and Distressed Cemetery Fund
Florida
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 55 ILCS 65 - County Cemetery Care Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 55 ILCS 70 - Grave and Cemetery Restoration Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > Chapter 70 > Cemetery
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 760 ILCS 90 - Burial Lot Perpetual Trust Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 760 ILCS 95 - Cemetery Perpetual Trust Authorization Act
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 12 > Article 14 - Cemeteries
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 15 > Article 10 - Cemeteries
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 17 > Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 19 > Article 31 - Cemeteries
Kentucky
Louisiana
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 8 - Cemeteries
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 25 > Chapter 21-B - Louisiana Historic Cemetery Preservation Act
Maine
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 13 Sec. 1031 - Unauthorized establishment; injunction
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 13 Sec. 1032 - Disposal of bodies
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 13 Sec. 1033 - Vested rights
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 13 Sec. 1034 - Jurisdiction
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 13 Sec. 1035 - Penalties
Massachusetts
Michigan
- Michigan Laws > Chapters 81-113 > Act 215 of 1895 > Chapter XV - Cemeteries
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 128 - Cemeteries
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 450 > Act 138 of 1941 - Reinstatement of Cemetery Associations
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations
Minnesota
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 306 - Public Cemeteries
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 307 - Private Cemeteries
Missouri
Montana
- Montana Code > Title 7 > Chapter 35 - Cemetery Services
- Montana Code > Title 35 > Chapter 20 - Cemetery Associations
- Montana Code > Title 35 > Chapter 21 - Mausoleum and Columbarium Authorities
Nebraska
- Nebraska Statutes > Chapter 12 - Cemeteries
- Nebraska Statutes 12-1101. Act, how cited
- Nebraska Statutes 12-1102. Terms, defined
- Nebraska Statutes 12-1103. Pre-need sale; proceeds; trust requirements
- Nebraska Statutes 12-1104. Proceeds of sale; trust requirements; exclusions
Nevada
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 289 - Cemeteries
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 290 - Burials and Disinterments
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
- New York Laws > General Business > Article 35-C - Operation of Pet Cemeteries and Pet Crematoriums
- New York Laws > General Municipal > Article 7-A - Burial of Veterans and Their Families; Certain Permit Requirements
- New York Laws > General Municipal > Article 8 - Cemeteries
- New York Laws > Not-For-Profit Corporation > Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations
- New York Laws > Real Property > Article 13 - Cemetery Lands
North Carolina
North Dakota
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 23-21 - Disinterment and Removal of Bodies in Cemeteries
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 23-21.1 - Cemetery Organizations
Ohio
- Ohio Code > Chapter 517 - Cemeteries
- Ohio Code > Chapter 759 - Cemeteries
- Ohio Code > Chapter 961 - Pet Cemeteries
- Ohio Code > Chapter 1721 - Cemetery Associations
- Ohio Code > Chapter 4767 - Cemetery Registration
Oregon
- Oregon Statutes > Chapter 97 - Rights and Duties Relating to Cemeteries, Human Bodies and Anatomical Gifts Gifts
- Oregon Statutes > Chapter 265 - Cemetery Maintenance Districts
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island General Laws 23-18-1. Definitions
- Rhode Island General Laws 23-18-2. Location of mausoleums and columbaria
- Rhode Island General Laws 23-18-2.1. Cremated human remains
- Rhode Island General Laws 23-18-3. Approval of construction plans -- Supervisory control
- Rhode Island General Laws 23-18-4. Completion of structure and maintenance provisions required before interments
South Carolina
- South Carolina Code > Title 27 > Chapter 43 - Cemeteries
- South Carolina Code > Title 40 > Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act
South Dakota
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 34 > Chapter 27 - Cemeteries and Burial Records
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 47 > Chapter 29 - Cemetery Corporations
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
- Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 121 - Cemeteries
- Vermont Statutes > Title 33 > Chapter 23 - Burials At Public Expense
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 35 > Article 5 - Cemeteries
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 35 > Article 5A - Perpetual Care of and Trust Funds for Cemeteries
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 37 > Article 13 - Removal, Transfer and Disposition of Remains in Graves Located Upon Privately Owned Lands
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 37 > Article 13A - Graves Located Upon Privately Owned Lands