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Chapter 456
- CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS
Section 456.2 ‑ Cemetery corporation; acquisition of land, encumbrance, payment; lease, restriction.
Section 456.3a ‑ Right of burial; granting in tax delinquent lands prohibited.
Section 456.9 ‑ Officers; election; sexton or superintendent, appointment.
Section 456.16 ‑ Certificate of organization; contents; signature; filing certificate with department of commerce.
Section 456.17 ‑ Laying out burial grounds; maps; filing map with department of commerce; certificate.
Section 456.19 ‑ Reincorporation under act; lot owners in public burying ground, incorporation; transfer of rights from municipalities.
Section 456.23 ‑ Unused burial rights; sale on non-payment of assessment; reconveyance.
Section 456.35b ‑ Endowment care fund; exemption from care fund requirements.
Act 185 of 1929 ‑ CEMETERY CORPORATIONS; EXTENSION OF CORPORATE LIFE (456.51 - 456.52)
Section 456.104 ‑ Annual meeting; election of board of directors; right to vote; special meetings.
Section 456.109 ‑ Burial rights; granting in lands subject to lien or tax delinquent lands prohibited.
Section 456.110 ‑ Highways, sewers or other public thoroughfares through grounds; right to purchase additional property.
Section 456.112 ‑ Burial rights; transfer, rights of surviving spouse and next of kin.
Section 456.114 ‑ Use of firearms in cemetery; entering over fence; penalty.
Section 456.115 ‑ Perpetual care fund; receipts; investment; bond; account.
Section 456.117 ‑ Charter not deemed forfeited; filing articles; affidavit, report.
Section 456.119 ‑ List of corporations; compilation; forwarding to corporation and securities commission.
Act 14 of 1903 ‑ RURAL CEMETERY CORPORATIONS; EXTENSION OF CORPORATE LIFE (456.151 - 456.151)
Act 10 of 1927 ‑ CEMETERY CORPORATIONS; TRANSFER OF RIGHTS TO MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (456.181 - 456.184)
Section 456.181 ‑ Cemetery corporations; sale to municipal corporation; definitions.
Section 456.182 ‑ Resolution of directors; special meeting; transfer of cemetery to municipal corporation.
Section 456.184 ‑ Legal rights and privileges unaffected by sale; duties of municipal corporation.
Section 456.202 ‑ Articles of agreement; signing, acknowledgment, contents.
Section 456.203 ‑ Certificate of organization; signatures; filing certificate with department of commerce.
Section 456.206 ‑ Encumbrance of certain property prohibited; surety bond and cash bond.
Section 456.207 ‑ Annual meeting; election of directors, term; right to vote; special meetings.
Section 456.251 ‑ Articles of agreement; execution, acknowledgment, and filing; signers of articles and associates as body politic and corporate.
Section 456.522a ‑ Commissioner, spouse, or child; financial interest in cemetery, cemetery operations, supplier, or funeral establishment prohibited.
Section 456.529 ‑ Commissioner; hearings; investigations; oaths; testimony; witnesses; production of books and records; subpoena; abandoned cemeteries; failure to obey subpoena; perjury; violation of act, rule, or order; powers of commissioner; injunction or restraining order; appointment of receiver or conservator; powers; sale of cemetery; notice to creditors and filing of claims; denial of application; suspension or revocation of permit or registration.
Section 456.529a ‑ Performance of duties of commissioner; assistance from all departments, state agencies, public bodies corporate, committees, commissioners, officers of state, and any political subdivision.
Section 456.530 ‑ Commissioner; auditing trust funds; registration of cemeteries; exemptions.
Section 456.531 ‑ Commissioner; registration fee; renewal blank and notice.
Section 456.532 ‑ Permit for registration required; acquisition of controlling interest in cemetery company; application for certificate of approval; contents; issuance; fee; noncompliance; escrow of endowment and perpetual care trust fund; prohibited use of funds; “controlling interest” defined.
Section 456.532a ‑ Examining affairs of cemetery or person; inspection or audit of books, papers, records, and documents; audit charges.
Section 456.533 ‑ Establishment of cemetery; application for permit; investigation fee; conduct of investigation; notice to commissioner of certain changes; order to void certain appointments.
Section 456.533a ‑ Circumstances causing person to be ineligible as cemetery owner or holder of controlling interest; factors for determining eligibility.
Section 456.534 ‑ Granting or refusing to grant permit; denial of application; procedures.
Section 456.535 ‑ Registration of cemetery; date; application; form; fee; expiration; procedure for denying registration; late penalty filing fee.
Section 456.536 ‑ Irrevocable endowment and perpetual care trust fund; establishment and maintenance; commingling prohibited; annual report; application for modification or waiver; expenses; bundling of funds with common ownership; pooling of trust or escrow funds for investment purposes; agreement with regulated financial institutions with trust powers; deposits; agent or seller; deposit requirements; use of interest or income; merchandise trust account; deposit for sale of burial vaults or containers; repayment; installation of vault; contents of cemetery merchandise and services contract; annual reports; deficit in amount of required deposits; penalty; hearing; additional penalty; powers and jurisdiction of attorney general and courts; disposition of fees, charges, and penalties; notice of financial transaction or investment; failure to submit reports under subsections (12) and (13); civil actions.
Section 456.537 ‑ Right to possess space within cemetery; presumption of abandonment; certification; notice; record; remedies; transfer; sale; contract; publication on internet website; exception; intent of section; definitions.
Section 456.538 ‑ Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit or registration, and other disciplinary action; grounds; effect; fulfillment of contractual obligations and agreements; administrative fine.
Section 456.539 ‑ Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit or registration; notice of intent; hearing; decision.