§ 46-4-104. Granting of Relief — Provisions for Reinterment
Such removal and reinterment, and other relief described in § 46-4-103, including partition or sale for partition if prayed for and if the court finds the conditions for partition exist as provided in § 46-4-103, shall be granted, authorized, decreed and ordered by the court upon the court finding, upon the hearing of the cause […]
§ 46-6-101. Establishment
The department of veterans services shall provide for Tennessee veterans’ cemeteries. It is the legislative intent that the department, in consultation with the department of finance and administration and other appropriate state departments and agencies, shall, within existing state resources, identify any available state-owned real property and other available financial resources to establish a veterans’ […]
§ 46-6-102. Acceptance and Use of Funds
The department of veterans services is authorized to accept any private or public funds, including appropriations, to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The department is further authorized to use any funds or other assistance made available to the department to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Any person working for or representing the department […]
§ 46-2-101. Cemetery Rules and Regulations
The owner of every cemetery may make, adopt, and enforce, and from time to time may amend, add to, revise, change, modify, or abolish, reasonable rules and regulations for: The use, care, control, management, restriction, and protection of the cemetery, and of all parts and subdivisions of the cemetery; Restricting, limiting, and regulating the use […]
§ 46-2-102. Action of Trespass for Damage
All offenders shall be liable in an action of trespass in the name of the managers or trustees, to pay all damages that have been occasioned by their unlawful acts, which money, when recovered, shall be applied by the managers or trustees to the reparation of the property injured or destroyed.
§ 46-2-103. Escheat of Lots to Cemetery Owner
In order to facilitate a more efficient and economical system for caring for and maintaining and improving cemeteries owned and operated by municipalities, corporations and associations within this state, it is provided that after March 21, 1955, all vacant cemetery lots and grave spaces owned by any person dying intestate without issue and leaving no […]
§ 46-1-307. Violations — Penalties — Enforcement
Any cemetery company or seller who, having received any moneys under or in connection with a pre-need sales contract for cemetery merchandise and services, fails to deposit or keep on deposit the moneys as required in this chapter, or who fails to substantially perform the contract described in this chapter, commits a Class E felony. […]
§ 46-1-308. Fraud as to Pre-Need Sales Contract
In civil actions in which the prevailing party proves fraud relative to a pre-need sales contract for cemetery merchandise and services under this chapter, the prevailing party shall receive treble damages, together with attorney’s fees, costs, and interest.
§ 46-1-309. Revocation of Charter or Certificate of Authority
Failure to comply with § 46-1-204 or § 46-1-215 shall constitute grounds for the state to revoke the charter or certificate of authority of a corporate cemetery company. The revocation proceeding may be filed in the chancery court of the county where the cemetery is located, and may be brought on relation of the state […]
§ 46-1-310. Action by State for Recovery of Illegally Paid Dividends
The state is authorized to recover from stockholders, for the use of the company, dividends illegally paid under § 46-1-205. The state is also authorized to recover from the officers and directors of the company and the cemetery operators, at any time, for the use of the company, an amount sufficient to bring the improvement […]