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Chapter 456 - CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS
Act 87 of 1855 ‑ CEMETERY CORPORATIONS (456.1 - 456.36)
     Section 456.1 ‑ Cemetery corporation; incorporators.
     Section 456.2 ‑ Cemetery corporation; acquisition of land, encumbrance, payment; lease, restriction.
     Section 456.3 ‑ Right of burial; definition.
     Section 456.3a ‑ Right of burial; granting in tax delinquent lands prohibited.
     Section 456.4 ‑ Right of burial; disposal by member.
     Section 456.5 ‑ Member; right to vote.
     Section 456.6 ‑ Meeting to incorporate; warrant.
     Section 456.7 ‑ Meeting to incorporate; affidavit of notice.
     Section 456.8 ‑ Board of trustees; election; terms.
     Section 456.9 ‑ Officers; election; sexton or superintendent, appointment.
     Section 456.10 ‑ Officers; vacancies.
     Section 456.11 ‑ Officers; acceptance of office, bond.
     Section 456.12 ‑ Officers; notice of election.
     Section 456.13 ‑ Treasurer; bond.
     Section 456.14 ‑ Officers; compensation.
     Section 456.15 ‑ By-laws, rules and regulations.
     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 456.18 ‑ Actions and suits; common seal.
     Section 456.19 ‑ Reincorporation under act; lot owners in public burying ground, incorporation; transfer of rights from municipalities.
     Section 456.20 ‑ Saving clause.
     Section 456.21 ‑ Vacation of burying ground; procedure.
     Section 456.22 ‑ Forfeited right of burial; disposal.
     Section 456.23 ‑ Unused burial rights; sale on non-payment of assessment; reconveyance.
     Section 456.24 ‑ Assessment; voting; notice of meeting.
     Section 456.25 ‑ Assessment; record.
     Section 456.26 ‑ Assessment; notice; payment, enforcement.
     Section 456.27 ‑ Duties of officers defined by by-laws.
     Section 456.28 ‑ Treasurer; duties.
     Section 456.29 ‑ Records of rights of burial; form.
     Section 456.30 ‑ Records of rights of burial; bound blanks, index.
     Section 456.31 ‑ Price of lots or rights of burial.
     Section 456.32 ‑ Price of lots or rights of burial; payment receipt.
     Section 456.33 ‑ Certificate of right of burial.
     Section 456.34 ‑ Potter's field.
     Section 456.34a ‑ Witness fee; prohibition.
     Section 456.35, 456.35a ‑ Repealed. 2008, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009.
     Section 456.35b ‑ Endowment care fund; exemption from care fund requirements.
     Section 456.36 ‑ Additional land; taxation; conveyance.
Act 185 of 1929 ‑ CEMETERY CORPORATIONS; EXTENSION OF CORPORATE LIFE (456.51 - 456.52)
     Section 456.51 ‑ Continuance of corporate existence.
     Section 456.52 ‑ Extension of term of existence of corporation.
Act 12 of 1869 ‑ RURAL CEMETERY CORPORATIONS (456.101 - 456.119)
     Section 456.101 ‑ Cemetery corporations; incorporators, name.
     Section 456.102 ‑ Articles; signing, acknowledgment, contents.
     Section 456.103 ‑ Payment by subscribers to articles of association.
     Section 456.104 ‑ Annual meeting; election of board of directors; right to vote; special meetings.
     Section 456.105 ‑ Board of directors; selection of officers.
     Section 456.106 ‑ Board of directors; powers.
     Section 456.106a ‑ Conveyance of land.
     Section 456.107, 456.107a ‑ Repealed. 2008, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009.
     Section 456.108 ‑ Tax exemption.
     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 456.111 ‑ Saloons and amusements prohibited.
     Section 456.112 ‑ Burial rights; transfer, rights of surviving spouse and next of kin.
     Section 456.113 ‑ Repealed. 1977, Act 67, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1977.
     Section 456.114 ‑ Use of firearms in cemetery; entering over fence; penalty.
     Section 456.114a ‑ Witness fee; prohibition.
     Section 456.115 ‑ Perpetual care fund; receipts; investment; bond; account.
     Section 456.116 ‑ Non-profit corporation.
     Section 456.117 ‑ Charter not deemed forfeited; filing articles; affidavit, report.
     Section 456.118 ‑ Corporate name.
     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)
     Section 456.151 ‑ Continuance of corporate existence.
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 456.183 ‑ Notice of special meeting; publication.
     Section 456.184 ‑ Legal rights and privileges unaffected by sale; duties of municipal corporation.
Act 58 of 1915 ‑ CREMATION COMPANIES (456.201 - 456.213)
     Section 456.201 ‑ Cremation companies; incorporators, purposes.
     Section 456.202 ‑ Articles of agreement; signing, acknowledgment, contents.
     Section 456.203 ‑ Certificate of organization; signatures; filing certificate with department of commerce.
     Section 456.204 ‑ Repealed. 2011, Act 112, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2011.
     Section 456.205 ‑ Tax exemption; exception.
     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 456.208 ‑ Officers; selection.
     Section 456.209 ‑ Directors; powers.
     Section 456.210 ‑ Records of cremations; contents.
     Section 456.211 ‑ Records of niches.
     Section 456.212 ‑ Grounds; laying out, improvement.
     Section 456.213 ‑ Sale of niches; trust fund, investment and use.
Act 13 of 1882 (Ex. Sess.) ‑ VAULT ASSOCIATIONS (456.251 - 456.253)
     Section 456.251 ‑ Articles of agreement; execution, acknowledgment, and filing; signers of articles and associates as body politic and corporate.
     Section 456.252 ‑ Vault associations; articles of association, contents.
     Section 456.253 ‑ Vault associations; corporate powers.
Act 337 of 1966 ‑ Repealed-STATE CEMETERY COMMISSION (456.501 - 456.514)
Act 251 of 1968 ‑ CEMETERY REGULATION ACT (456.521 - 456.543)
     Section 456.521 ‑ Cemetery regulation act; short title.
     Section 456.522 ‑ Definitions.
     Section 456.522a ‑ Commissioner, spouse, or child; financial interest in cemetery, cemetery operations, supplier, or funeral establishment prohibited.
     Section 456.523‑456.527 ‑ Repealed. 1982, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1982.
     Section 456.528 ‑ Commissioner; rules.
     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 456.529b ‑ Consultants; contracts.
     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 456.535a ‑ Witness fee; prohibition.
     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 456.536a ‑ Preconstruction sales of crypts or niches.
     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.
     Section 456.540 ‑ Appeal.
     Section 456.541 ‑ Violations; penalties.
     Section 456.542 ‑ Repeal.
     Section 456.543 ‑ Effective date of act.

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