(a) This subchapter applies to all cemeteries and burial grounds located in the State of Arkansas unless the cemetery is owned and operated by:
(1) A church or similar religious organization;
(2) A municipality or county government;
(3) A family, exclusively for its own family use; or
(4) A community nonprofit association in which no person is entitled to receive pecuniary profit other than the bookkeeper and maintenance crew.
(b) Persons who do not and have never received more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) gross proceeds in any one (1) year from the sale of parcels of realty to be used as human burial sites are exempt from this subchapter.
(c) All cemeteries that advertise or operate all or a part thereof as perpetual care or permanent maintenance cemeteries shall be subject to this subchapter regardless of the organization of the person or group owning and operating the cemetery or burial grounds.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead
Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries
§ 20-17-1003. Application of subchapter — Exceptions
§ 20-17-1007. Examination of cemetery
§ 20-17-1008. Permit — Application
§ 20-17-1009. Permit — Investigation by Department of Health
§ 20-17-1011. Permit — Amendment
§ 20-17-1012. Permit — Transfer of ownership — Definition
§ 20-17-1013. Permanent maintenance fund generally
§ 20-17-1014. Permanent maintenance fund trustees
§ 20-17-1015. Permanent maintenance fund — Annual report
§ 20-17-1016. Permanent maintenance fund — Required deposits
§ 20-17-1017. Permanent maintenance fund — Voluntary contributions
§ 20-17-1018. Violations, criminal penalties, and remedies
§ 20-17-1019. Conveyance of lots
§ 20-17-1021. Disposition of contributions and fees
§ 20-17-1022. Records required
§ 20-17-1023. Annual report of condition of cemetery company
§ 20-17-1025. Protection of cemeteries — Power to lend
§ 20-17-1026. Annual permit fee
§ 20-17-1028. Contracts with municipality or county where a cemetery is located
§ 20-17-1029. Cemetery advisory boards — Membership — Organization — Authority