Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations

Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36)

Section 456.1 - Cemetery Corporation; Incorporators. - Sec. 1. That any 5 or more persons of lawful...

Section 456.2 - Cemetery Corporation; Acquisition of Land, Encumbrance, Payment; Lease, Restriction. - Sec. 2. Such corporation shall have power to acquire and...

Section 456.3 - Right of Burial; Definition. - Sec. 3. A right of burial under this act shall...

Section 456.3a - Right of Burial; Granting in Tax Delinquent Lands Prohibited. - Sec. 3a. No rights of burial shall at any time...

Section 456.4 - Right of Burial; Disposal by Member. - Sec. 4. Any member of any corporation organized under this...

Section 456.5 - Member; Right to Vote. - Sec. 5. Any person owning a right of burial in...

Section 456.6 - Meeting to Incorporate; Warrant. - Sec. 6. Upon application in writing of any 3 of...

Section 456.7 - Meeting to Incorporate; Affidavit of Notice. - Sec. 7. The person to whom the aforesaid warrant is...

Section 456.8 - Board of Trustees; Election; Terms. - Sec. 8. Any 7 or more persons who meet in...

Section 456.9 - Officers; Election; Sexton or Superintendent, Appointment. - Sec. 9. The board of trustees shall meet within 10...

Section 456.10 - Officers; Vacancies. - Sec. 10. A majority of the officers required to be...

Section 456.11 - Officers; Acceptance of Office, Bond. - Sec. 11. All persons elected or appointed to any office...

Section 456.12 - Officers; Notice of Election. - Sec. 12. Any person attending any meeting for the election...

Section 456.13 - Treasurer; Bond. - Sec. 13. The treasurer shall give a bond to the...

Section 456.14 - Officers; Compensation. - Sec. 14. The president, clerk, treasurer and superintendent of grounds...

Section 456.15 - By-Laws, Rules and Regulations. - Sec. 15. The board of trustees of any corporation organized...

Section 456.16 - Certificate of Organization; Contents; Signature; Filing Certificate With Department of Commerce. - Sec. 16. Within 1 week after the organization of any...

Section 456.17 - Laying Out Burial Grounds; Maps; Filing Map With Department of Commerce; Certificate. - Sec. 17. Before any corporation organized under the provisions of...

Section 456.18 - Actions and Suits; Common Seal. - Sec. 18. All corporations organized under this act, shall be...

Section 456.19 - Reincorporation Under Act; Lot Owners in Public Burying Ground, Incorporation; Transfer of Rights From Municipalities. - Sec. 19. Any burying ground corporation heretofore organized under any...

Section 456.20 - Saving Clause. - Sec. 20. Any right that may have accrued to any...

Section 456.21 - Vacation of Burying Ground; Procedure. - Sec. 21. Whenever it may become necessary to vacate any...

Section 456.22 - Forfeited Right of Burial; Disposal. - Sec. 22. It shall be lawful for any corporation organized...

Section 456.23 - Unused Burial Rights; Sale on Non-Payment of Assessment; Reconveyance. - Sec. 23. Any corporation organized under this act may be...

Section 456.24 - Assessment; Voting; Notice of Meeting. - Sec. 24. At any corporate meeting of the members, after...

Section 456.25 - Assessment; Record. - Sec. 25. After an assessment has been made, as provided...

Section 456.26 - Assessment; Notice; Payment, Enforcement. - Sec. 26. Within 1 month from the time of making...

Section 456.27 - Duties of Officers Defined by By-Laws. - Sec. 27. The powers and duties of all officers holding...

Section 456.28 - Treasurer; Duties. - Sec. 28. It shall be the duty of the treasurer...

Section 456.29 - Records of Rights of Burial; Form. - Sec. 29. A record shall be kept by each corporation...

Section 456.30 - Records of Rights of Burial; Bound Blanks, Index. - Sec. 30. It shall be the duty of every corporation...

Section 456.31 - Price of Lots or Rights of Burial. - Sec. 31. The price of lots or rights of burial...

Section 456.32 - Price of Lots or Rights of Burial; Payment Receipt. - Sec. 32. Upon payment to the treasurer of any corporation...

Section 456.33 - Certificate of Right of Burial. - Sec. 33. Upon presenting to the clerk of any corporation...

Section 456.34 - Potter's Field. - Sec. 34. Any corporation organized under this act, shall have...

Section 456.34a - Witness Fee; Prohibition. - Sec. 34a. A corporation organized under this act shall not...

Section 456.35, 456.35a - Repealed. 2008, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to creation, use, and...

Section 456.35b - Endowment Care Fund; Exemption From Care Fund Requirements. - Sec. 35b. Earth interment cemeteries of 10 acres or less...

Section 456.36 - Additional Land; Taxation; Conveyance. - Sec. 36. Any corporation organized or to be organized under...

Act 185 of 1929 - Cemetery Corporations; Extension of Corporate Life (456.51 - 456.52)

Section 456.51 - Continuance of Corporate Existence. - Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for any corporation or...

Section 456.52 - Extension of Term of Existence of Corporation. - Sec. 2. It shall be lawful for any corporation heretofore...

Act 12 of 1869 - Rural Cemetery Corporations (456.101 - 456.119)

Section 456.101 - Cemetery Corporations; Incorporators, Name. - Sec. 1. That any number of persons not less than...

Section 456.102 - Articles; Signing, Acknowledgment, Contents. - Sec. 2. The articles of agreement of every such association...

Section 456.103 - Payment by Subscribers to Articles of Association. - Sec. 3. The subscribers to such articles of association, shall...

Section 456.104 - Annual Meeting; Election of Board of Directors; Right to Vote; Special Meetings. - Sec. 4. The annual meeting of every such corporation shall...

Section 456.105 - Board of Directors; Selection of Officers. - Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of said board...

Section 456.106 - Board of Directors; Powers. - Sec. 6. The board of directors shall have the general...

Section 456.106a - Conveyance of Land. - Sec. 6a. The corporation shall not convey any part or...

Section 456.107, 456.107a - Repealed. 2008, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to appointment and duties...

Section 456.108 - Tax Exemption. - Sec. 8. All the lands of said corporation enclosed and...

Section 456.109 - Burial Rights; Granting in Lands Subject to Lien or Tax Delinquent Lands Prohibited. - Sec. 9. No mortgage, or other lien or incumbrance, shall...

Section 456.110 - Highways, Sewers or Other Public Thoroughfares Through Grounds; Right to Purchase Additional Property. - Sec. 10. No streets, highways, railways, sewers or canals shall...

Section 456.111 - Saloons and Amusements Prohibited. - Sec. 11. After any such corporation shall have been formed,...

Section 456.112 - Burial Rights; Transfer, Rights of Surviving Spouse and Next of Kin. - Sec. 12. All rights of burial granted by such corporation...

Section 456.113 - Repealed. 1977, Act 67, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1977. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to arrests by employees...

Section 456.114 - Use of Firearms in Cemetery; Entering Over Fence; Penalty. - Sec. 14. No person shall use firearms upon the grounds...

Section 456.114a - Witness Fee; Prohibition. - Sec. 14a. A corporation established under the provisions of this...

Section 456.115 - Perpetual Care Fund; Receipts; Investment; Bond; Account. - Sec. 15. All corporations established under the provisions of this...

Section 456.116 - Non-Profit Corporation. - Sec. 16. Any corporation organized under this act may, by...

Section 456.117 - Charter Not Deemed Forfeited; Filing Articles; Affidavit, Report. - Sec. 17. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other laws, the...

Section 456.118 - Corporate Name. - Sec. 18. Prior to the filing by any corporation, in...

Section 456.119 - List of Corporations; Compilation; Forwarding to Corporation and Securities Commission. - Sec. 19. Upon instructions from the corporation and securities commission,...

Act 14 of 1903 - Rural Cemetery Corporations; Extension of Corporate Life (456.151 - 456.151)

Section 456.151 - Continuance of Corporate Existence. - Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for any corporation or...

Act 10 of 1927 - Cemetery Corporations; Transfer of Rights to Municipal Corporation (456.181 - 456.184)

Section 456.181 - Cemetery Corporations; Sale to Municipal Corporation; Definitions. - Sec. 1. (1) A legal entity organized under any law...

Section 456.182 - Resolution of Directors; Special Meeting; Transfer of Cemetery to Municipal Corporation. - Sec. 2. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2),...

Section 456.183 - Notice of Special Meeting; Publication. - Sec. 3. (1) Except as otherwise provided for in subsection...

Section 456.184 - Legal Rights and Privileges Unaffected by Sale; Duties of Municipal Corporation. - Sec. 4. (1) The legal rights and privileges, statutory or...

Act 58 of 1915 - Cremation Companies (456.201 - 456.213)

Section 456.201 - Cremation Companies; Incorporators, Purposes. - Sec. 1. Five or more persons, who shall, by articles...

Section 456.202 - Articles of Agreement; Signing, Acknowledgment, Contents. - Sec. 2. The articles of agreement of every corporation formed...

Section 456.203 - Certificate of Organization; Signatures; Filing Certificate With Department of Commerce. - Sec. 3. Within 1 week after the organization of any...

Section 456.204 - Repealed. 2011, Act 112, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2011. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to holding in land.

Section 456.205 - Tax Exemption; Exception. - Sec. 5. All the lands of said corporation enclosed and...

Section 456.206 - Encumbrance of Certain Property Prohibited; Surety Bond and Cash Bond. - Sec. 6. (1) A corporation shall have the power to...

Section 456.207 - Annual Meeting; Election of Directors, Term; Right to Vote; Special Meetings. - Sec. 7. The annual meeting of every such corporation shall...

Section 456.208 - Officers; Selection. - Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of said board...

Section 456.209 - Directors; Powers. - Sec. 9. The board of directors shall have the general...

Section 456.210 - Records of Cremations; Contents. - Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of any company...

Section 456.211 - Records of Niches. - Sec. 11. Corporations organized under this act and operating a...

Section 456.212 - Grounds; Laying Out, Improvement. - Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of such board...

Section 456.213 - Sale of Niches; Trust Fund, Investment and Use. - Sec. 13. One-half of the moneys received from the sale...

Act 13 of 1882 (Ex. Sess.) - Vault Associations (456.251 - 456.253)

Section 456.251 - Articles of Agreement; Execution, Acknowledgment, and Filing; Signers of Articles and Associates as Body Politic and Corporate. - Sec. 1. That any 5 or more persons desirous to...

Section 456.252 - Vault Associations; Articles of Association, Contents. - Sec. 2. The articles of association shall contain: First, The...

Section 456.253 - Vault Associations; Corporate Powers. - Sec. 3. Said association may purchase or take by devise...

Act 251 of 1968 - Cemetery Regulation Act (456.521 - 456.543)

Section 456.521 - Cemetery Regulation Act; Short Title. - Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be...

Section 456.522 - Definitions. - Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Cemetery" means...

Section 456.522a - Commissioner, Spouse, or Child; Financial Interest in Cemetery, Cemetery Operations, Supplier, or Funeral Establishment Prohibited. - Sec. 2a. The cemetery commissioner, or the commissioner's spouse or...

Section 456.523-456.527 - Repealed. 1982, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1982. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to the creation and...

Section 456.528 - Commissioner; Rules. - Sec. 8. (1) The commissioner shall promulgate rules under the...

Section 456.529 - Commissioner; Hearings; Investigations; Oaths; Testimony; Witnesses; Production of Books and Records; Subpoena; Abandoned Cemeteries; Failure to Obey Subpoena; Perjury; Violation of Act, Rule, or Order; Powers of Commissioner; Injun... - Sec. 9. (1) The commissioner may hold hearings, conduct investigations,...

Section 456.529a - Performance of Duties of Commissioner; Assistance From All Departments, State Agencies, Public Bodies Corporate, Committees, Commissioners, Officers of State, and Any Political Subdivision. - Sec. 9a. All departments, state agencies, public bodies corporate, committees,...

Section 456.529b - Consultants; Contracts. - Sec. 9b. The commissioner may enter into contracts to accomplish...

Section 456.530 - Commissioner; Auditing Trust Funds; Registration of Cemeteries; Exemptions. - Sec. 10. (1) The commissioner shall institute and maintain a...

Section 456.531 - Commissioner; Registration Fee; Renewal Blank and Notice. - Sec. 11. The commissioner shall charge an annual registration fee...

Section 456.532 - Permit for Registration Required; Acquisition of Controlling Interest in Cemetery Company; Application for Certificate of Approval; Contents; Issuance; Fee; Noncompliance; Escrow of Endowment and Perpetual Care Trust Fund; Prohibite... - Sec. 12. (1) A person shall not establish a cemetery...

Section 456.532a - Examining Affairs of Cemetery or Person; Inspection or Audit of Books, Papers, Records, and Documents; Audit Charges. - Sec. 12a. (1) The commissioner or an examiner, investigator, or...

Section 456.533 - Establishment of Cemetery; Application for Permit; Investigation Fee; Conduct of Investigation; Notice to Commissioner of Certain Changes; Order to Void Certain Appointments. - Sec. 13. (1) Any person desiring to establish a cemetery...

Section 456.533a - Circumstances Causing Person to Be Ineligible as Cemetery Owner or Holder of Controlling Interest; Factors for Determining Eligibility. - Sec. 13a. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions governing eligibility as...

Section 456.534 - Granting or Refusing to Grant Permit; Denial of Application; Procedures. - Sec. 14. After receipt of the investigation fee and application,...

Section 456.535 - Registration of Cemetery; Date; Application; Form; Fee; Expiration; Procedure for Denying Registration; Late Penalty Filing Fee. - Sec. 15. (1) Each person owning, managing, or operating a...

Section 456.535a - Witness Fee; Prohibition. - Sec. 15a. A registrant shall not charge a fee for...

Section 456.536 - Irrevocable Endowment and Perpetual Care Trust Fund; Establishment and Maintenance; Commingling Prohibited; Annual Report; Application for Modification or Waiver; Expenses; Bundling of Funds With Common Ownership; Pooling of Trust o... - Sec. 16. (1) The commissioner shall require each cemetery to...

Section 456.536a - Preconstruction Sales of Crypts or Niches. - Sec. 16a. A person shall not develop or build a...

Section 456.537 - Right to Possess Space Within Cemetery; Presumption of Abandonment; Certification; Notice; Record; Remedies; Transfer; Sale; Contract; Publication on Internet Website; Exception; Intent of Section; Definitions. - Sec. 17. (1) A person possessing a right to a...

Section 456.538 - Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Permit or Registration, and Other Disciplinary Action; Grounds; Effect; Fulfillment of Contractual Obligations and Agreements; Administrative Fine. - Sec. 18. (1) The commissioner may deny an application filed...

Section 456.539 - Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Permit or Registration; Notice of Intent; Hearing; Decision. - Sec. 19. If the commissioner intends to deny an application...

Section 456.540 - Appeal. - Sec. 20. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the...

Section 456.541 - Violations; Penalties. - Sec. 21. (1) Except as otherwise provided for in subsection...

Section 456.542 - Repeal. - Sec. 22. Act No. 337 of the Public Acts of...

Section 456.543 - Effective Date of Act. - Sec. 23. This act shall take effect September 15, 1968....

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Michigan Compiled Laws Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations

Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations