Maine Revised Statutes
Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL
Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS

Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

13 §1031. Unauthorized establishment; injunction - §1031. Unauthorized establishment; injunction Any cemetery, community mausoleum or columbarium...

13 §1032. Disposal of bodies - §1032. Disposal of bodies Except as otherwise provided by law,...

13 §1033. Vested rights - §1033. Vested rights This chapter shall not be construed as...

13 §1034. Jurisdiction - §1034. Jurisdiction The Superior Court has original and concurrent jurisdiction...

13 §1035. Penalties - §1035. Penalties Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a...

13 §1036. Recovery of fines or penalties - §1036. Recovery of fines or penalties All fines or penalties...

Subchapter 2: BURYING GROUNDS

Article 1: ORGANIZATION

13 §1071. Incorporation - §1071. Incorporation Persons of lawful age may organize themselves into...

Article 2: DUTIES OF TOWN OR COUNTY

13 §1101. Maintenance and repairs; municipality - §1101. Maintenance and repairs; municipality 1. Grave sites of veterans...

13 §1101-A. Definition - §1101-A. Definition As used in this article, unless the context...

13 §1101-B. Ancient burying grounds - §1101-B. Ancient burying grounds 1. Access to ancient burying grounds...

13 §1101-C. Notice of responsibility - §1101-C. Notice of responsibility When a municipality fails without good...

13 §1101-D. Unorganized townships - §1101-D. Unorganized townships If an ancient burying ground or a...

13 §1101-E. Graves on land owned by Federal Government - §1101-E. Graves on land owned by Federal Government Veterans' graves...

13 §1102. -- neglect - §1102. -- neglect If such officers, treasurer or committee neglect...

13 §1103. -- unincorporated places (REPEALED) - §1103. -- unincorporated places (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983, c....

Article 3: EXEMPTION FROM ATTACHMENT

13 §1141. Grounds inalienable; description recorded - §1141. Grounds inalienable; description recorded When any persons appropriate for...

13 §1142. Family burying grounds - §1142. Family burying grounds When a person appropriates for a...

13 §1143. Lots - §1143. Lots Lots in public or private cemeteries are exempt...

Article 4: ENLARGEMENT OF GROUNDS

13 §1181. Restrictions and conditions - §1181. Restrictions and conditions The municipal officers of any town...

13 §1182. Notice - §1182. Notice Notice of a time and place for a...

13 §1183. Damages for land taken; town vote - §1183. Damages for land taken; town vote If the municipal...

13 §1184. Persons aggrieved; remedy - §1184. Persons aggrieved; remedy Any person aggrieved by the amount...

Article 5: CONVEYANCE TO TOWN

13 §1221. Proceedings - §1221. Proceedings Any private cemetery or burying ground, by written...

13 §1222. Acceptance; exemption from liability; trust funds for repairs - §1222. Acceptance; exemption from liability; trust funds for repairs Any...

13 §1223. Investment of funds - §1223. Investment of funds Cemetery trust funds of any cemetery...

13 §1224. Recording of acceptance - §1224. Recording of acceptance A copy of the record of...

Article 6: TRUST FUNDS

13 §1261. Authority to hold - §1261. Authority to hold Any person owning or interested in...

13 §1262. Bylaws and ordinances - §1262. Bylaws and ordinances A city or town may pass...

13 §1263. Acceptance of deposits - §1263. Acceptance of deposits When any person owning or interested...

13 §1264. Trust funds for services or property - §1264. Trust funds for services or property 1. Trust accounts....

13 §1265. Tangible personal property - §1265. Tangible personal property Upon written request and payment of...

13 §1266. Solicitation of cemetery or crematory services or property - §1266. Solicitation of cemetery or crematory services or property Uninvited...

13 §1267. Penalties - §1267. Penalties A person is subject to criminal prosecution under...

Subchapter 3: PUBLIC CEMETERIES

13 §1301. Incorporation; exemption from attachment and taxation - §1301. Incorporation; exemption from attachment and taxation Any 7 or...

13 §1302. Recording of deeds - §1302. Recording of deeds Deeds of burial lots in any...

13 §1303. Ownership and operation - §1303. Ownership and operation Every cemetery, except Veterans' Memorial Cemetery...

13 §1304. Sales for speculation or investment - §1304. Sales for speculation or investment The sale of cemetery...

13 §1305. Care and maintenance - §1305. Care and maintenance The proceeds of the sales of...

13 §1306. Cemetery perpetual care fund - §1306. Cemetery perpetual care fund A person, corporation or any...

Subchapter 4: MAUSOLEUMS AND VAULTS

13 §1341. Location - §1341. Location 1. Mausoleum, crematory or other structure. A community...

13 §1342. Approval of health authority - §1342. Approval of health authority Before any person, firm or...

13 §1343. Type of construction; examinations - §1343. Type of construction; examinations Any such community mausoleum or...

13 §1344. Supervisory control of health authorities - §1344. Supervisory control of health authorities The Bureau of Health...

13 §1345. No use before completion - §1345. No use before completion No community mausoleum, crypt or...

13 §1346. No sale before completion - §1346. No sale before completion No crypt in a community...

13 §1347. Improper conditions; removal of bodies - §1347. Improper conditions; removal of bodies Whenever any mausoleum, vault,...

13 §1348. Permanent care and improvement fund - §1348. Permanent care and improvement fund Every cemetery association or...

13 §1349. -- custodian - §1349. -- custodian The treasurer of the cemetery in which...

Subchapter 5: PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION

13 §1371. Approval for repair, maintenance and removal - §1371. Approval for repair, maintenance and removal 1. Prior authorization...

13 §1371-A. Limitations on construction and excavation near burial sites - §1371-A. Limitations on construction and excavation near burial sites 1....

13 §1372. Inventories of cemeteries or burial grounds - §1372. Inventories of cemeteries or burial grounds A municipality or,...

13 §1373. Authority to maintain - §1373. Authority to maintain A municipality may authorize any cemetery...

13 §1374. Maine State Cemetery Preservation Commission - §1374. Maine State Cemetery Preservation Commission The Maine State Cemetery...

Subchapter 6: USE OF UNOCCUPIED INTERMENT SPACES

13 §1381. Use of unoccupied interment spaces - §1381. Use of unoccupied interment spaces If a cemetery lot,...

13 §1382. Notice of use - §1382. Notice of use Unoccupied interment spaces may not be...

13 §1383. Form of notice - §1383. Form of notice 1. Contents. The notice of use...

13 §1384. Service of notice - §1384. Service of notice The person, association, corporation or municipality...

13 §1385. Resale of unoccupied interment spaces - §1385. Resale of unoccupied interment spaces A person, association, corporation...

13 §1386. Applicability - §1386. Applicability This subchapter does not apply to any cemetery...

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Maine Revised Statutes Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS

Maine Revised Statutes
Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL
Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS