Section 9-32-17 – Records of sales–Deeds and perpetual care certificates.
9-32-17. Records of sales–Deeds and perpetual care certificates. The auditor or clerk shall maintain adequate records for the sale of burial spaces and for the sale of perpetual care. The municipality shall issue deeds for sale of burial spaces and certificates of purchase for perpetual care. Source: SL 1971, ch 71, §6.
Section 9-32-18 – Perpetual care trust fund–Crediting of income.
9-32-18. Perpetual care trust fund–Crediting of income. Payments for perpetual care shall be permanently set aside in a trust fund, and only the income from the trust fund investments shall be used for the care and maintenance of the cemetery. Income from perpetual care investments shall be credited to the cemetery maintenance account as maintained […]
Section 9-32-19 – Acquisition of additional land for municipal cemetery.
9-32-19. Acquisition of additional land for municipal cemetery. Whenever the municipality operating a cemetery, perpetual care, or nonperpetual care, under the laws of this state, finds it necessary to extend the boundaries of such cemetery or acquire land removed from the present cemetery in order to provide for the burial of the dead, it shall […]
Section 9-32-20 – Use of perpetual care fund for land acquisition.
9-32-20. Use of perpetual care fund for land acquisition. If the municipality finds it necessary to extend the boundaries of such cemetery, or acquire land removed from the present cemetery, a portion of the perpetual care trust fund may be used under the following conditions: If the trust fund is in the amount of fifty […]
Section 9-32-20.1 – Use of perpetual care trust fund to maintain cemetery.
9-32-20.1. Use of perpetual care trust fund to maintain cemetery. Any municipality may expend a portion of the perpetual care trust fund to maintain the cemetery. However, only amounts in excess of fifty thousand dollars may be expended and used for cemetery purposes only. For expenditures in excess of five thousand dollars, notice of hearing […]
Section 9-32-21 – Repossession of unused and uncared for lots and mausoleums.
9-32-21. Repossession of unused and uncared for lots and mausoleums. The provisions of §47-29-9 relating to resales and transfers of unused and uncared for lots and mausoleums shall be equally applicable to cemeteries and mausoleums of a municipality and the provisions of this section shall be retroactive for any municipality who may have repossessed lots, […]
Section 9-32-22 – Severability of cemetery provisions.
9-32-22. Severability of cemetery provisions. If a part of §§9-32-14 to 9-32-21, inclusive, is invalid, all valid parts that are severable from the invalid part remain in effect. If a part of said sections is invalid in one or more of its applications, the part remains in effect in all valid applications that are severable […]
Section 9-32-14 – Municipal perpetual care cemeteries authorized.
9-32-14. Municipal perpetual care cemeteries authorized. Cemeteries owned by or under the control of municipalities as provided in §9-32-13, may, at the discretion of the governing board be maintained as perpetual care cemeteries. Source: SL 1971, ch 71, §1.
Section 9-32-15 – Municipalities exempt from general perpetual care law.
9-32-15. Municipalities exempt from general perpetual care law. Municipalities who have established perpetual care cemeteries prior to July 1, 1971, or who establish perpetual care cemeteries subsequent to July 1, 1971, shall not be subject to any of the provisions of chapter 55-12. Source: SL 1971, ch 71, §4.
Section 9-32-16 – Rates for perpetual care and burial spaces.
9-32-16. Rates for perpetual care and burial spaces. The board shall have the power to set rates for perpetual care and the amount to be received for the sale of burial spaces. Source: SL 1971, ch 71, §2.