§ 23-14-48-1 — Application of chapter

Indiana § 23-14-48-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 23: BUSINESS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
• Art. 14: CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS
• Ch. 48: Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this
chapter does not apply to:
(1) a cemetery owned by a municipal corporation or other
governmental unit;
(2) a religious cemetery; or
(3) a cemetery:
(A) that is ten (10) acres or less in size;
(B) that is owned and operated entirely and exclusively by a
nonprofit mutual association in existence on June 14, 1939; and
(C) in which burials have taken place before June 14, 1939.
(b) If a cemetery described in subsection (a)(3) directly or
indirectly:
(1) constructs or permits to be constructed any structure, above or
below ground, and offers interment rights in the structure for sale
to the general public; or
(2) acquires:
(A) additional land; or
(B) an interest in additional land;
causing the cemetery to exceed ten (10) acres in size;
this chapter applies to the whole of the cemetery.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.22.