Massachusetts § 43B Sale of cemetery lots and plots for speculative purposes

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 43B — Sale of cemetery lots and plots for speculative purposes

Massachusetts § 43B

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVIPUBLIC HEALTH

Ch. 114CEMETERIES AND BURIALS

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, § 43B (2026).

Text

Section 43B. The sale of cemetery lots and plots, or the sale of crypts in a community mausoleum or niches in a columbarium, for speculative purposes, or the conveyance of any portion of a cemetery already dedicated to burial purposes as security for debt, is hereby prohibited, and every such conveyance shall be void and of no effect. Whoever makes or attempts to make a sale or conveyance contrary to the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalty provided by section forty-three N.

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Section 43B. The sale of cemetery lots and plots, or the sale of crypts in a community mausoleum or niches in a columbarium, for speculative purposes, or the conveyance of any portion of a cemetery already dedicated to burial purposes as security for debt, is hereby prohibited, and every such conveyance shall be void and of no effect. Whoever makes or attempts to make a sale or conveyance contrary to the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalty provided by section forty-three N.