§ 523I.702 — Request to install lawn crypts in fewer than ten units

Iowa § 523I.702

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

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1. A lawn crypt may be installed in fewer than ten units if it is installed in an interment
space pursuant to a written request to the commissioner signed by the owner or owners of
the interment space.
2. The written request shall be filed on a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall
contain substantially all of the following information:
a. The owner’s name and address.
b. The name of the cemetery and the owner of the cemetery.
c. The number of lawn crypt units to be installed.
d. A description of the interment spaces.
e. A statement that the lawn crypt meets the requirements of section 523I.701, including
all of the following:
(1) A statement that the lawn crypt will be constructed of concrete and reinforced steel
or other comparable durable materials.
(2) A statement that the lawn crypt will be installed on not less than six inches of rock,
gravel, or other drainage material.
(3) A statement that the lawn crypt will provide a method to drain water out of the lawn
crypt.
(4) A statement that the outside top surface of the lawn crypt at the time of installation
will be capable of withstanding the weight of the soil and sod above the top surface and the
weight of machinery and equipment normally used in the maintenance of the cemetery.
f. Astatementthatthespaceinwhichthelawncryptistobeinstalledislocatedinagarden.
g. The date on which a representative of the cemetery signed the form.