523I.702 Request to install lawn crypts in fewer than ten units.
1. A lawn crypt may be installed in fewer than ten units if it is installed in an interment space pursuant to a written request to the commissioner signed by the owner or owners of the interment space.
2. The written request shall be filed on a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall contain substantially all of the following information:
a. The owner’s name and address.
b. The name of the cemetery and the owner of the cemetery.
c. The number of lawn crypt units to be installed.
d. A description of the interment spaces.
e. A statement that the lawn crypt meets the requirements of section 523I.701, including all of the following:
(1) A statement that the lawn crypt will be constructed of concrete and reinforced steel or other comparable durable materials.
(2) A statement that the lawn crypt will be installed on not less than six inches of rock, gravel, or other drainage material.
(3) A statement that the lawn crypt will provide a method to drain water out of the lawn crypt.
(4) A statement that the outside top surface of the lawn crypt at the time of installation will be capable of withstanding the weight of the soil and sod above the top surface and the weight of machinery and equipment normally used in the maintenance of the cemetery.
f. A statement that the space in which the lawn crypt is to be installed is located in a garden.
g. The date on which a representative of the cemetery signed the form.
2005 Acts, ch 128, §55
Referred to in §523I.701
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 523I - IOWA CEMETERY ACT
Section 523I.101 - Short title.
Section 523I.102 - Definitions.
Section 523I.103 - Applicability of chapter.
Section 523I.201 - Administration.
Section 523I.202 - Investigations and subpoenas.
Section 523I.203 - Cease and desist orders — injunctions.
Section 523I.204 - Court action for failure to cooperate.
Section 523I.205 - Prosecution for violations of law — civil penalties.
Section 523I.206 - Cooperation with other agencies.
Section 523I.207 - Rules, forms, and orders.
Section 523I.208 - Date of filing — interpretive opinions.
Section 523I.209 - Misleading filings.
Section 523I.210 - Misrepresentations of government approval.
Section 523I.211 - Fraudulent practices.
Section 523I.212 - Receiverships.
Section 523I.213 - Insurance division’s enforcement fund.
Section 523I.213A - Examinations — authority and scope.
Section 523I.214 - Violations of law — referrals to the Iowa department of public health.
Section 523I.301 - Disclosure requirements — prices and fees.
Section 523I.302 - Installation of outer burial containers.
Section 523I.303 - Access by funeral directors.
Section 523I.304 - Rulemaking and enforcement.
Section 523I.305 - Memorials and memorialization.
Section 523I.306 - Commission or bonus unlawful.
Section 523I.307 - Discrimination prohibited.
Section 523I.308 - Speculation prohibited.
Section 523I.309 - Interment, relocation, or disinterment of remains.
Section 523I.310 - Sale of interment rights.
Section 523I.311 - Records of interment rights and interment.
Section 523I.312 - Disclosure requirements — interment agreements.
Section 523I.313 - New cemeteries and gardens and cemetery registry.
Section 523I.314 - New construction.
Section 523I.314A - Standards for interment spaces.
Section 523I.315 - Unpaid care assessments and unoccupied interment spaces.
Section 523I.316 - Protection of cemeteries and burial sites.
Section 523I.317 - Duty to provide public access.
Section 523I.401 - Neglected cemeteries.
Section 523I.402 - Removal of remains.
Section 523I.501 - Cemetery authorized.
Section 523I.502 - Trust for cemetery.
Section 523I.503 - Authority to receive gifts and deposits for care — certificates.
Section 523I.504 - Appointment of successor trustee.
Section 523I.505 - County auditor as trustee.
Section 523I.506 - Commingling of care funds by governmental subdivisions.
Section 523I.507 - Investment of care funds by governmental subdivisions.
Section 523I.508 - Management by governmental subdivisions.
Section 523I.601 - Settlement of estates — maintenance fund.
Section 523I.602 - Management by trustee.
Section 523I.603 - Owners of interment rights.
Section 523I.604 - Lien against cemetery property.
Section 523I.605 - Private care of graves.
Section 523I.701 - Requirements for lawn crypts.
Section 523I.702 - Request to install lawn crypts in fewer than ten units.
Section 523I.801 - Applicability and conversion by nonperpetual care cemeteries.
Section 523I.802 - Advertising.
Section 523I.803 - Perpetual care registry.
Section 523I.804 - Use of gift for special care.
Section 523I.805 - Initial deposit.
Section 523I.806 - Irrevocable trust.
Section 523I.807 - Care fund deposits.
Section 523I.808 - Annual report — examination fee.
Section 523I.809 - Trust agreement provisions.
Section 523I.810 - Care funds.
Section 523I.811 - Use of distributions from care fund.
Section 523I.811A - Emergency use of care funds.
Section 523I.812 - Suit by commissioner.
Section 523I.813 - Annual report by perpetual care cemeteries.