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Chapter 1 - Regulation of Cemeteries
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 46-1-102. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter and chapter 2 of this...
§ 46-1-108. Purchase and Subdivision of Land — Sale of Lots — Approval of Location for Cemetery Use — Purchase Contract — Attachment or Levy of Execution - This cemetery is regulated by the State of Tennessee Department...
Part 2 - Financial Management
§ 46-1-201. Purpose of Part - It is the purpose of this part to require cemetery...
§ 46-1-203. Requirements for Organization — Improvement Care Fund Deposit - 10,000 or under $ 40,000 10,001 to 15,000 60,000 15,001...
§ 46-1-205. Payment of Dividends — Restrictions — Recovery - No dividend, salary or compensation of any description shall be...
§ 46-1-210. Waiver Invalid - Any provision of any contract for the sale of cemetery...
§ 46-1-211. Part Applicable to Mausoleums, Crypts and Columbariums - This part also applies to all corporations, persons, or businesses,...
§ 46-1-212. Sale of Unconstructed or Unfinished Mausoleums, Crypts and Columbariums - Any corporation, person, or business, except those corporations, persons or...
§ 46-1-213. Construction of Crypts - A cemetery company shall commence construction or development of any...
§ 46-1-216. Verification of Reports — Public Records - The annual reports required to be filed in this part...
§ 46-1-217. Agreement With Owners of Real Property to Conduct Improvement Care to Graves Located on Property - Interested persons, as that term is defined in § 46-4-102,...
Part 3 - Records and Report, Violations, and Criminal and Civil Penalties
§ 46-1-305. Attorney's Fees - In addition to the liabilities declared in § 46-1-304, the...
§ 46-1-308. Fraud as to Pre-Need Sales Contract - In civil actions in which the prevailing party proves fraud...
§ 46-1-309. Revocation of Charter or Certificate of Authority - Failure to comply with § 46-1-204 or § 46-1-215 shall...
Chapter 2 - Cemetery Companies
§ 46-2-102. Action of Trespass for Damage - All offenders shall be liable in an action of trespass...
§ 46-2-103. Escheat of Lots to Cemetery Owner - In order to facilitate a more efficient and economical system...
§ 46-2-104. Suit for Escheat — Notice — Parties - In all cases where municipalities, corporations, associations or other owners...
§ 46-2-105. Hearing and Decree of Escheat - In determining the escheat of any vacant cemetery lots or...
Chapter 4 - Termination of Use of Land as Cemetery
§ 46-4-101. Grounds Affected — Facts That Justify Termination of Use - This chapter, which is enacted for the public welfare in...
§ 46-4-102. “Interested Persons” Defined - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,“interested...
§ 46-4-104. Granting of Relief — Provisions for Reinterment - Such removal and reinterment, and other relief described in §...
Chapter 6 - Veterans' Cemeteries
§ 46-6-103. Application for Federal Grant - In establishing Tennessee veterans' memorial cemeteries, it is the intention...
§ 46-6-104. Construction — Expenditure of Funds - This chapter shall not be construed to be an appropriation...
§ 46-6-105. Eligibility for Interment - Eligibility for interment in a state veterans' cemetery shall be...
§ 46-6-106. Commissioner of Veterans Services — Promulgation of Rules - The commissioner of veterans services is authorized to promulgate rules...
Chapter 7 - Trusts for Perpetual Care of Private Cemeteries
§ 46-7-105. Contributions — Gifts of Land - Any person, association, or corporation may make contributions to the...
Chapter 8 - Family Burial Grounds Protection
§ 46-8-101. Short Title — Legislative Intent - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 46-8-102. Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: