§ 523I.313 — New cemeteries and gardens and cemetery registry

Iowa § 523I.313

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 523I: IOWA CEMETERY ACT

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1. A person that dedicates property for a new cemetery on or after July 1, 2005, and a
cemetery that dedicates an additional garden on or after July 1, 2005, shall:
a. In the case of land, survey and subdivide the property into gardens with descriptive
names or numbers and make a map or plat of the cemetery or garden.
b. In the case of a mausoleum or a columbarium, make a map or plat of the property
delineating sections or other divisions with descriptive names and numbers.
c. Filethemaporplatwiththecommissioner, includingawrittencertificateordeclaration
of dedication of the property delineated by the map or plat, dedicating the property for
cemetery purposes.
2. A map or plat and a certificate or declaration of dedication that is filed pursuant to this
section dedicates the property for cemetery purposes and constitutes constructive notice of
that dedication.
3. The commissioner shall maintain a registry of perpetual care and nonperpetual care
cemeteries, to the extent that information is available. A cemetery selling interment rights on
or after July 1, 2005, shall file a written notice with the commissioner that includes the legal
description of the property with boundary lines of the land, the name of the cemetery, the
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statusofthecemeteryaseitherperpetualcareornonperpetualcare,thestatusofthecemetery
as either religious or nonreligious, and the cemetery’s ownership in a form approved by the
commissioner. A cemetery shall notify the commissioner of any changes in this information
within sixty days of the change.