§ 23-18.2-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Burial ground authority” means the municipality, ecclesiastical society, or cemetery association, as the case may be. (2) “Burial place” means any tract of land within any municipality that is used or has been used or has been in existence as a burial ground. History of Section.P.L. […]
§ 23-18.2-2. Burial places to be preserved. No municipality shall alienate or appropriate any burial place to any use other than that of a burial ground. No portion of any burial place shall be taken for public use without the approval of the general assembly. If any burial place is appropriated for any other use […]
§ 23-18.2-3. Removal of gravestones and memorials. No fence, tomb, monument, or gravestone or fragment of a gravestone within any cemetery or burial place shall be destroyed or injured or shall be removed except in accordance with the provisions of this section. Any gravestone or other memorial for the dead may be removed for the […]
§ 23-18.2-4. Unlawful possession or sale of gravestones. A person is guilty of the unlawful possession or sale of gravestones when he or she possesses or sells, offers for sale or attempts to sell or transfers or disposes of any monument, gravestone, or other structure placed or designed for a memorial of the dead, or […]
§ 23-18.2-5. Penalty for violations. (a) Whoever violates the provisions of § 23-18.2-4 shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). (b) In addition to any other penalties imposed for a violation of the provisions of this chapter […]
§ 23-18.2-6. Civil penalties. (a) Any person convicted under the provisions of § 23-18.2-5 or chapter 20 of title 11, shall, in addition to any fine or penalty imposed, pay treble damages to the burial ground authority, religious organization, cemetery corporation, or persons having charge of the burial ground where the damage has been sustained. […]
§ 23-18.2-7. Community restitution. The general assembly declares that the words “public community service” which appear throughout this chapter shall now be substituted with and referred to as “public community restitution”. History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 454, § 4.
