Effective - 28 Aug 2010
214.550. Scatter gardens, operation by churches maintaining religious cemeteries — maintenance of garden and records, duty of operator. — 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Cremains", the remains of a human corpse after cremation;
(2) "Operator", a church that owns and maintains a religious cemetery;
(3) "Religious cemetery", a cemetery owned, operated, controlled, or managed by any church that has or would qualify for federal tax-exempt status as a nonprofit religious organization pursuant to Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code as amended;
(4) "Scatter garden", a location for the spreading of cremains set aside within a cemetery.
2. It shall be lawful for any operator of a religious cemetery adjacent to a church building or other building regularly used as a place of worship to establish a scatter garden for the purpose of scattering human cremains.
3. The operator of any religious cemetery containing a scatter garden shall maintain, protect, and supervise the scatter garden, and shall be responsible for all costs incurred for such maintenance, protection, and supervision. Such operator shall also maintain a record of all cremains scattered in the scatter garden that shall include the name, date of death, and Social Security number of each person whose cremains are scattered, and the date the cremains were scattered.
4. A scatter garden established pursuant to this section shall be maintained by the operator of the religious cemetery for as long as such operator is in existence. Upon dissolution of such operator, all records of cremains shall be transferred to the clerk of the city, town, or village in which the scatter garden is located, or if the scatter garden is located in any unincorporated area, to the county recorder.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1148, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al. merged with H.B. 2226, et al. merged with S.B. 754)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII - Public Health and Welfare
Section 214.030 - Cemetery lots, conveyed by deed.
Section 214.040 - Plots and records of cemeteries to be maintained, where — requirements.
Section 214.041 - Construction of roads prohibited in cemetery — exceptions.
Section 214.050 - Power to vacate streets vested in county commissions.
Section 214.060 - Petition to be presented to county commission — remonstrance may be filed.
Section 214.070 - Terms defined.
Section 214.080 - Proceedings to enlarge.
Section 214.090 - Family burying grounds, how secured.
Section 214.120 - Costs, who liable for.
Section 214.140 - Property placed in trust for benefit of cemeteries.
Section 214.150 - County commissions shall become trustees and custodians.
Section 214.160 - Investment or lending of trust funds — investment manager, duties — definitions.
Section 214.170 - May designate responsible organization or individual to administer the income.
Section 214.180 - Shall keep record of receipts and disbursements.
Section 214.190 - Cemetery not subject to execution, dower or partition — exception.
Section 214.200 - Title, how obtained to lands used for burial purposes.
Section 214.209 - Abandonment of burial site, rights revert to cemetery.
Section 214.210 - Certain cities may accept or acquire cemetery lands.
Section 214.220 - Lands or shares subject to all vested rights.
Section 214.230 - City may acquire money or funds, how.
Section 214.240 - City may provide and enforce rules and regulations.
Section 214.250 - Proceedings to establish cemetery in first class counties — petition by taxpayers.
Section 214.260 - Penalty for violation.
Section 214.270 - Definitions.
Section 214.275 - License, cemeteries — division's powers and duties — limitations.
Section 214.276 - Refusal to issue license, grounds — complaint, procedure.
Section 214.277 - Injunctions, restraining orders, other court remedies available — venue.
Section 214.282 - Voidability of contracts, exceptions.
Section 214.325 - Required deposits — deficiency — effect — penalty.
Section 214.340 - Report required — content — oath — filing required.
Section 214.360 - Private use of trust funds prohibited.
Section 214.363 - Bankruptcy, assignment for benefit of creditors, endowed care fund exempt.
Section 214.370 - Nonendowed cemetery to post signs and give notice of its character.
Section 214.380 - Nonendowed section of endowed care cemetery — signs and notice.
Section 214.385 - Moving of grave marker, replacement — delivery of item of burial merchandise.
Section 214.389 - Suspension of distribution, when, procedure.
Section 214.390 - Existing cemeteries to operate under law — local law applicable.
Section 214.400 - Citation of law.
Section 214.410 - Violation of law, penalty.
Section 214.450 - Indian cemeteries, how established — trust fund authorized.
Section 214.455 - Destruction or defacing any cemetery property, penalty.
Section 214.500 - Cemeteries acquired by a city at tax sales or as nuisances may be sold.
Section 214.508 - Previous cemetery owner liable, when.
Section 214.512 - New cemetery owner not liable for deficiencies, exception.