Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 368j - Cemeteries
Section 19a-314. (Formerly Sec. 19-164). - Penalty.

Any officer, manager or agent of any corporation or association, or any other person, who violates any provision of section 19a-296, 19a-307, 19a-310, 19a-311 or 19a-312 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both; but no provision of said sections shall prohibit or apply to the construction of temporary receiving vaults.

(1949 Rev., S. 4709.)
History: Sec. 19-164 transferred to Sec. 19a-314 in 1983.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being

Chapter 368j - Cemeteries

Section 19a-295. (Formerly Sec. 19-146). - Ownership and management of burial grounds. Town appropriations.

Section 19a-296. (Formerly Sec. 19-147). - Cemetery associations.

Section 19a-297. (Formerly Sec. 19-148). - Bylaws. Sexton.

Section 19a-298. (Formerly Sec. 19-149). - Cemetery associations with capital stock organized prior to 1855.

Section 19a-299. (Formerly Sec. 19-150). - Trust funds for care of cemeteries.

Section 19a-300. (Formerly Sec. 19-151). - Funds for care of cemetery lots.

Section 19a-301. (Formerly Sec. 19-152). - Establishment and management of perpetual funds. Accounting.

Section 19a-302. (Formerly Sec. 19-153). - Takeover of fund. Appointment of cemetery committee.

Section 19a-303. (Formerly Sec. 19-154). - Acceptance of legacy.

Section 19a-304. (Formerly Sec. 19-155). - Care of funds by towns.

Section 19a-305. (Formerly Sec. 19-156). - Probate Court may make allowance for care of lot.

Section 19a-306. (Formerly Sec. 19-157). - Cemeteries in adjoining towns.

Section 19a-307. (Formerly Sec. 19-158). - Sale of abandoned or unused lots.

Section 19a-308. (Formerly Sec. 19-159). - Care of neglected cemeteries. Civil and criminal liability for undertaking care and maintenance.

Section 19a-308a. - Abandoned cemeteries. Acquisition by municipality. Notice requirements. Objections. Vesting of title with municipality.

Section 19a-308b. - Neglected cemetery account.

Section 19a-309. (Formerly Sec. 19-160). - Headstones at soldiers' graves.

Section 19a-310. (Formerly Sec. 19-161). - Approval of vaults above ground by Department of Public Health. Fees.

Section 19a-311. (Formerly Sec. 19-162). - Inspection. Burial prohibited until certificate obtained.

Section 19a-312. (Formerly Sec. 19-163). - Mausoleums and columbariums. Maintenance. Court order re removal of body for interment. Public nuisance.

Section 19a-313. (Formerly Sec. 19-161a). - Burials above ground restricted.

Section 19a-314. (Formerly Sec. 19-164). - Penalty.

Section 19a-314a. - Disclosure of dispute resolution procedure relating to the sale of any item or service by a town, ecclesiastical society or cemetery association which owns, manages or controls a cemetery. “Cemetery” defined.

Section 19a-315. - “Ancient burial place”, “burial ground authority” and “grave marker” defined.

Section 19a-315a. - Use of ancient burial place.

Section 19a-315b. - Protection of grave markers.

Section 19a-315c. - Maintenance of burial places.

Section 19a-315d. - Places and manner of burial. Exceptions. Penalty.