Indiana Code
Chapter 48. Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
23-14-48-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. (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.
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.22.