Cemetaries: Related Laws

U.S.

• U.S. Code > Title 24 > Chapter 7 - National Cemeteries

Alaska

• Alaska Statutes > Chapter 30 - Cemetery Associations and Nonprofit Cemetery Corporations

Arizona

• Arizona Laws > Title 9 > Chapter 4 > Article 5 - Cemeteries
• Arizona Laws > Title 32 > Chapter 20 > Article 6 - Organization and Regulation of Cemeteries

California

• California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 8 - Cemeteries

Connecticut

• Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 368j - Cemeteries

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

• Florida Statutes > Chapter 497 > Part II - Cemetery Regulation

Hawaii

• Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 110 - State-Owned Cemeteries

Idaho

• Idaho Code > Title 27 - Cemeteries and Crematoriums

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

• Indiana Code > Title 23 > Article 14 - Cemetery Associations

Iowa

• Iowa Code > Chapter 523I - Iowa Cemetery Act

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

• Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 303 - Burial Associations
• Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 307 - Cemeteries

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

• Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 114 - Cemeteries and Burials

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

• Missouri Laws > Chapter 214 - Cemeteries

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

• Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 452 - Cemeteries

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 289 - Cemeteries
• New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 290 - Burials and Disinterments

New Jersey

• New Jersey Statutes > Title 45 > Chapter 27 - New Jersey Cemetery Act, 2003

New Mexico

• New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 58 > Article 17 - Endowed Care of Cemeteries

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 Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 65 - Cemeteries

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

• Tennessee Code > Title 46 - Cemeteries

Texas

• Texas Health and Safety Code > Title 8 > Subtitle C - Cemeteries and Crematories

Utah

• Utah Code > Title 8 - Cemeteries

Vermont

• Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 121 - Cemeteries
• Vermont Statutes > Title 33 > Chapter 23 - Burials At Public Expense

Virginia

• Virginia Code > Title 57 > Chapter 3 - Cemeteries

Washington

• Washington Code > Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains

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

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 157 > Subchapter II - Cemeteries
• Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 440 > Subchapter VIII - Substance Abuse Counselors,clinical Supervisors,and Prevention Specialists