Mississippi Code
Cemetery Law
§ 41-43-45. Lots sold to public to be free from liens; sale or transfer of lots by purchaser

All lots and grave spaces offered for sale to the public shall be free and clear of liens or encumbrances. On payment of the purchase price, the purchaser shall be delivered a warranty deed or a perpetual easement for interment purposes.
Only the owner of a cemetery, or its agents, may sell or convey lots, plots, or parts thereof.
The purchaser of any lot, plot or part thereof may sell or transfer the same by giving notice thereof to the cemetery authorities or organization. Before acknowledging any transfer as valid, said cemetery authorities or organization may require the transferee to personally appear in the cemetery's principal place of business to accept any deed or transfer rights to the property conveyed, in order that the transfer may be properly enrolled on the books of the cemetery. A memorandum of all transfers shall be made on the books of the cemetery corporation or organization.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 41 - Public Health

Chapter 43 - Cemeteries and Burial Grounds

Cemetery Law

§ 41-43-31. Title

§ 41-43-33. Who is subject to cemetery law

§ 41-43-35. Designation of cemetery organizations as perpetual care cemeteries

§ 41-43-37. Operation as perpetual care cemetery; establishment of irrevocable perpetual care trust fund; registration system for perpetual care cemeteries

§ 41-43-38. Operation as perpetual care cemetery; accounting and reporting requirements; penalties for failure to timely file requisite accountings, records, reports or notices; sale or transfer of perpetual care cemetery; audits; procedure if perpet...

§ 41-43-39. Operation as perpetual care cemetery; procedure by existing organizations

§ 41-43-40. Perpetual care cemetery to maintain up-to-date record of persons buried in cemetery or entombed in mausoleum or columbarium; contents

§ 41-43-41. Nonperpetual care cemetery may become perpetual care cemetery; all cemeteries created after July 1, 2009, to be perpetual care cemeteries unless exempt

§ 41-43-43. Nonperpetual care cemeteries to call attention to such fact in all sales contracts and deeds

§ 41-43-45. Lots sold to public to be free from liens; sale or transfer of lots by purchaser

§ 41-43-47. Cemetery rules and regulations

§ 41-43-51. Rule against perpetuities inapplicable to perpetual care funds

§ 41-43-55. Business records of all perpetual care cemeteries to be available for inspection and examination by Secretary of State; inspection of cemetery sites

§ 41-43-57. Application for release of trust principal for certain purposes under exceptional circumstances