497.273 – Cemetery companies; authorized functions.
497.273 Cemetery companies; authorized functions.— (1) Within the boundaries of the cemetery lands it owns, a cemetery company may perform the following functions: (a) The exclusive care and maintenance of the cemetery. (b) The exclusive interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains, including the exclusive right to open, prepare for interment, and close all ground, mausoleum, and urn burials. […]
497.274 – Standards for grave spaces.
497.274 Standards for grave spaces.— (1) A standard adult grave space shall measure at least 42 inches in width and 96 inches in length, except for preinstalled vaults in designated areas. For interments, except cremated remains, the covering soil shall measure no less than 12 inches from the top of the outer burial container at time of […]
497.276 – Records.
497.276 Records.— (1) A record shall be kept of every burial in the cemetery of a cemetery company, showing the date of burial and the name of the person buried, together with lot, plot, and space in which the burial was made. All financial records of the cemetery company shall be available at its principal place of […]
497.2765 – Recording purchase of burial rights.
497.2765 Recording purchase of burial rights.— (1) Any person purchasing a burial right, belowground crypt, grave space, mausoleum, columbarium, ossuary, or scattering garden for the interment, entombment, inurnment, or other disposition of human remains may, at the person’s option, permanently record the purchase of the burial right, belowground crypt, grave space, mausoleum, columbarium, ossuary, or scattering garden […]
497.277 – Other charges.
497.277 Other charges.—Other than the fees for the sale of burial rights, burial merchandise, and burial services, no other fee may be directly or indirectly charged, contracted for, or received by a cemetery company as a condition for a customer to use any burial right, burial merchandise, or burial service, except for: (1) Charges paid for opening […]
497.278 – Monuments; installation fees.
497.278 Monuments; installation fees.— (1) No cemetery company may charge a fee for the installation of a monument purchased or obtained from and to be installed by a person or firm other than the cemetery company or its agents. (2) To verify that a monument is installed on the proper grave in accordance with cemetery bylaws, rules, or […]
497.264 – License not assignable or transferable.
497.264 License not assignable or transferable.— (1) A license issued to operate a cemetery pursuant to this chapter is not transferable or assignable, and a licensee may not develop or operate any cemetery authorized by this chapter at any location other than that contained in the application for the license. (2) Any person or entity that seeks to […]
497.280 – Illegal tying arrangements.
497.280 Illegal tying arrangements.— (1) No person authorized to sell grave space may tie the purchase of any grave space to the purchase of a monument from or through the seller of any other designated person or corporation. (2)(a) Noncemetery licensed persons and firms shall have the right to sell monuments and to perform or provide on cemetery […]
497.265 – Annual license fees.
497.265 Annual license fees.— (1) The department shall collect from each cemetery company operating under the provisions of this chapter an annual license fee as follows: (a) For a cemetery with less than $25,000 annual gross sales……….$250. (b) For a cemetery with at least $25,000 but less than $100,000 annual gross sales……….$350. (c) For a cemetery with annual gross sales […]
497.281 – Licensure of brokers of burial rights.
497.281 Licensure of brokers of burial rights.— (1)(a) No person shall receive compensation to act as a third party to the sale or transfer of three or more burial rights in a 12-month period unless the person pays a license fee as determined by licensing authority rule but not to exceed $250 and is licensed with the […]