Every cemetery corporation formed under the laws of the Territory or State of Oklahoma, shall be governed under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, and have such power conferred upon it and be subject to such duties as may be provided by the laws of the state. R.L.1910, § 380.
Debts must be paid. At least fifty percent (50%) of the gross proceeds of sales of blocks, lots, plots, or graves must be applied as often as every six (6) months to the payment of the debts and obligations of such corporation as long as such debts and obligations exist. R.L. 1910, § 388. Amended […]
When grounds purchased or otherwise acquired for cemetery purposes have been previously used as a burial ground, those who are lot owners at the time of the purchase continue to own the same and are members of the corporation, as hereinafter provided, with all the privileges the purchase of a corporation confers. R.L.1910, § 389.
At each subsequent election of officers of any such corporation, held after the first annual election, the owner or owners of a lot in the cemetery, and none other, shall be entitled to one vote at such election, or for any other purpose, and no more than one vote; and shall, by virtue of such […]
In addition to the other officers of such corporation, it shall have an officer, known as its superintendent, whose duty it shall be to care for and protect the grounds of such cemetery and its appurtenances, and to enforce its bylaws, in relation to its grounds, and to superintend the making of repairs and the […]
Meetings of board of directors. The board of trustees or directors of such corporation shall hold a regular meeting without notice immediately following the annual meeting of the members on the first Tuesday in July of each and every year, at which meeting it shall elect a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, and […]
If any provision of this act or application thereof to any person, property or circumstance is held invalid such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. […]
In any county of this state, the board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to utilize employees under its jurisdiction and county-owned tools, machinery, equipment, and materials for the purposes of opening and closing graves and maintaining and improving any publicly owned cemetery or other cemetery within the county not owned and maintained […]
The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to accept and use monies and other items of value from private and governmental sources for the purposes of opening and closing graves and maintaining and improving said cemeteries in carrying out the intent and purposes of this act. Laws 1961, p. 14, § 2; […]
Annual meeting of members. The annual meeting of the members of such cemetery association shall be held each year as set by its board of directors or other applicable organization for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. Notice of the meeting must be given by […]
Duties of trustees or directors. The trustees or directors shall have the direction and control of the cemetery and other property of the corporation and shall have such other powers and duties not inconsistent with the provisions of this article as the trustees or directors of other corporations not for profit under the law of […]
Any surplus funds which said corporation may have in its treasury shall be invested by the board of directors in some perfectly secure real estate or securities, all of which shall be exempt from taxation, as is the property of other public corporations, and the board of directors shall exercise the best of care in […]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Article, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than Twenty-five nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months in jail. R.L.1910, § 396.
The people of the state have a vital interest in the establishment of cemeteries and the maintenance, preservation and operation thereof. To protect the citizens of the state, to promote the public welfare and public health thereof, and to prevent and guard against cemeteries from hereafter becoming a burden upon the community and the taxpayers […]
(a) Any corporation, association, individual, partnership, trust, or any other organization however constituted which after the effective date of this act locates or establishes a cemetery, providing a grave, vault, columbarium, public mausoleum or other receptacle for the burial of dead human remains, in any county of the state, shall be subject to the provisions […]
(a) No organization subject to the provisions of this act shall locate or establish a cemetery in any county of this state except after a certificate of authority has been issued therefor by the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such cemetery is to be located and operated, except that no application shall […]
Any person who wilfully violates any provision of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or both such […]
The board of county commissioners may, without fee or charge, transfer and convey any land owned by the county, which at the time of conveyance is being used for cemetery purposes, or is situated adjacent to a tract of land being used for cemetery purposes, to any cemetery association, previously existing or formed for the […]
Any cemetery in this state consisting of ten or more grave spaces, lots, crypts or niches, including but not limited to, locations on property held in fee title, by leasehold, estate or easement by the state, any county, municipality, district, religious or fraternal organization, corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, association, individual or trust or charitable or […]
Any relative of the deceased who wishes to visit an abandoned cemetery which is completely surrounded by privately owned land, for which no public ingress or egress is available, shall have the right to reasonable ingress or egress for the purpose of visiting such cemetery. This right of access to such cemeteries extends only to […]
