§ 12-14-17-3 — Cemetery expenses payment; preferred claim

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in
addition to money paid by the division under section 2 of this chapter
and even if the deceased or person legally responsible for the deceased
possesses a burial lot, the division shall pay eight hundred dollars
($800) for the cemetery's expenses for the deceased to cover the
following:
(1) The provision of burial rights if necessary.
(2) The opening and closing of a burial plot and provision of an
outer container.
(3) The service required by the cemetery authorities.
(b) If the division determines that the estate of the deceased is
sufficient to pay all or part of the cemetery's expenses, the division:
(1) shall pay eight hundred dollars ($800) for expenses that the
cemetery has incurred; and
(2) may recover the amount paid by the division under this section
as a preferred claim from the estate of the deceased.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citations: 12-1-5-11 part; 12-1-6-11
part; 12-1-7.1-13 part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.273-1999, SEC.88; P.L.9-2006, SEC.2; P.L.205-2013, SEC.187.