§ 65-66 – Receipts from sale of personal property or services; trust account; penalties.
65-66. Receipts from sale of personal property or services; trust account; penalties. (a) It shall be deemed contrary to public policy if any person or legal entity receives, holds, controls or manages funds or proceeds received from the sale of, or from a contract to sell, personal property or services which may be used in […]
§ 65-67 – Applications for license.
65-67. Applications for license. Applications for renewal license must be submitted on or before July 1 each and every year in the case of an existing cemetery company. Before any sale of cemetery property in the case of a new cemetery company or a change of ownership or control as indicated in G.S. 65-59, an […]
§ 65-68 – License not assignable or transferable.
65-68. License not assignable or transferable. No license issued under G.S. 65-67 shall be transferable or assignable and no licensee shall develop or operate any cemetery authorized by this Article under any name or at any location other than that contained in the application for such license. (1975, c. 768, s. 1.)
§ 65-69 – Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands.
65-69. Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands. (a) Each licensee shall set aside a minimum of 30 acres of land for use by said licensee as a cemetery, and shall not sell, mortgage, lease or encumber the same. (b) The fee simple title, or lesser estate, in any lands owned by licensee and […]
§ 65-59 – Application for a change of control; filing fee.
65-59. Application for a change of control; filing fee. A person who proposes to acquire control of an existing cemetery company, whether by purchasing the capital stock of the company, purchasing an owner’s interest in the company, or otherwise acting to effectively change the control of the company, shall first make application on a form […]
§ 65-60 – Records.
65-60. Records. A record shall be kept of every burial in the cemetery of a cemetery company, showing the date of burial, name of the person buried, together with lot, plot, and space in which such burial was made therein. All sales, trust funds, accounting records, and all other records of the licensee shall be […]
§ 65-53 – Powers.
65-53. Powers. In addition to other powers conferred by this Article, the Cemetery Commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To employ staff, including legal counsel, as may be necessary to perform its duties and determine the compensation of its employees. (2) To examine a cemetery company’s records when a person applies for […]
§ 65-53.1 – Inspectors.
65-53.1. Inspectors. (a) The Commission may appoint one or more agents who shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission and who shall have the title "Inspector of the North Carolina Cemetery Commission." (b) To determine compliance with the provisions of this Article and regulations promulgated under this Article, inspectors may do the following: (1) […]
§ 65-54 – Annual budget of Commission; collection of funds.
65-54. Annual budget of Commission; collection of funds. The Commission shall prepare an annual budget and shall collect the sums of money required for this budget from yearly fees and from any other sources provided in this Article. On or before July 1 of each year, each licensed cemetery shall pay a license fee to […]
§ 65-54.1 – Commission records are confidential.
65-54.1. Commission records are confidential. Records, papers, and other documents containing information collected or compiled by the Commission, its members, or employees as a result of a complaint, investigation, inquiry, or interview in connection with an application for license, or in connection with a license holder’s professional ethics and conduct, shall not be considered public […]