Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 452 - Cemeteries
NRS 452.001 - Applicability of provisions.

The provisions of NRS 452.001 to 452.610, inclusive:
1. Except NRS 452.002, 452.030 and 452.300, do not apply to a person maintaining a cemetery but not operating as a cemetery authority on July 5, 1971.
2. Do not apply to cemeteries containing the remains of pets only.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2077; A 1987, 1270; 1993, 2754; 2003, 326; 2017, 1202)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 452 - Cemeteries

NRS 452.001 - Applicability of provisions.

NRS 452.002 - Adverse use by public presumptive evidence of dedication as public cemetery.

NRS 452.003 - Definitions.

NRS 452.004 - "Administrator" defined.

NRS 452.0055 - "Board" defined.

NRS 452.007 - "Buyer" defined.

NRS 452.0075 - "Cemetery" defined.

NRS 452.008 - "Cemetery authority" defined.

NRS 452.0085 - "Division" defined.

NRS 452.0087 - "Endowment care cemetery" defined.

NRS 452.018 - "Sales commission" defined.

NRS 452.019 - "Seller" defined.

NRS 452.023 - "Unitrust" defined.

NRS 452.025 - Regulations of Administrator.

NRS 452.026 - Regulations of Board.

NRS 452.027 - Cooperation and exchange of information between Administrator and Board.

NRS 452.030 - Owner to keep cemetery in orderly condition; enforcement authority of board of county commissioners and district attorney; transfer of title of cemetery to city or county.

NRS 452.050 - Authority to provide endowment care; permit from Administrator; exempt cemeteries; handling of funds.

NRS 452.060 - Investment of principal of funds: Disposition of income; separate records for funds required; duties of trustee; authority of cemetery authority to operate fund as unitrust or change method, rate or frequency of disbursements.

NRS 452.070 - Authority may collect fee from purchaser of plot for maintenance of cemetery.

NRS 452.080 - Agreement for endowment care.

NRS 452.090 - Agreement concerning maintenance of plot.

NRS 452.100 - Trustees of endowment care fund: Appointment; right of director to serve; limitation on compensation; appointment of bank or trust company as sole trustee.

NRS 452.110 - Bequests to fund; fund and contributions for charitable purposes; gifts not invalidated by uncertainty of beneficiaries; fund not subject to rule against perpetuities.

NRS 452.120 - Requirements for deposit by endowment care cemetery.

NRS 452.130 - Additional deposit required before disposition of plot.

NRS 452.140 - Endowment care cemetery may contain area without endowment care; requirements.

NRS 452.150 - Requirements for endowment or nonendowment care cemetery: Posting of signs; heading and contents; notice of nonendowment care on contracts and publications; revision and verification of signs and report.

NRS 452.160 - Use of funds; authorized investments; annual financial statements.

NRS 452.165 - Operation of endowment care fund as unitrust: Written investment policy; maximum amount of disbursements; trustee prohibited from making disbursement in certain circumstances; authority of Administrator to prohibit disbursement.

NRS 452.170 - Endowment care fund: Acceptance of gifts; uses; contributions for charitable purposes; gifts not invalidated by uncertainty of beneficiaries; rule against perpetuities inapplicable.

NRS 452.180 - Misrepresentations concerning endowment care fund; penalties; investigation by Administrator; applicability.

NRS 452.200 - Liability and penalty for unauthorized use or investment of funds.

NRS 452.210 - Construction of mausoleum, vault or crypt: Adoption and enforcement of regulations of State Board of Health; approval of plans and specifications.

NRS 452.220 - Requirements for construction of crypt or catacomb.

NRS 452.230 - Supervision of construction: Inspector; final certificate.

NRS 452.235 - Certificate of occupancy required before use.

NRS 452.240 - Removal of bodies when structure becomes danger to public health; payment of expenses of reinterment.

NRS 452.250 - Deposit of money required by NRS 452.120.

NRS 452.270 - Penalty.

NRS 452.285 - Inalienability of lot or plat transferred from nonprofit corporation to individual holders; release of interest; restrictions on interment.

NRS 452.300 - Unlawful to make or open road through cemetery or deposit material within cemetery without consent; penalties.

NRS 452.305 - Unlawful to damage or destroy property in cemetery or disturb contents of grave, tomb or crypt; penalty; restitution; civil liability.

NRS 452.3055 - Unlawful to remove objects from cemetery without consent or to possess or traffic in objects unlawfully removed; penalty; restitution; civil liability; exceptions.

NRS 452.310 - Certificate of authority: Requirement; application and supporting documents; filing fee and other fees; provision of information to Administrator.

NRS 452.330 - Content of financial statement.

NRS 452.340 - Certificate of authority: Issuance; duration.

NRS 452.350 - Regulations of cemetery authority.

NRS 452.360 - Map of cemetery: Requirements; content; inspection.

NRS 452.410 - Certificate of occupancy required before sale of crypt or niche; exceptions.

NRS 452.590 - Acquisition of existing cemetery authority: Requirements and fees for certificate of approval.

NRS 452.610 - Penalty.

NRS 452.640 - Definitions.

NRS 452.645 - Applicability of provisions.

NRS 452.650 - Adoption of local ordinances.

NRS 452.655 - Dedication of property for use as cemetery: Procedure; effect.

NRS 452.660 - Dedication of property for use as cemetery: Removal of dedication.

NRS 452.665 - Dedication of property for use as cemetery: Priority over encumbrances.

NRS 452.670 - Prerequisites to operation of cemetery.

NRS 452.675 - Restriction on operation of crematory.

NRS 452.680 - Authority of cemetery authority and operator of crematory to dispose of remains when other arrangements have not been made; notice of authority.

NRS 452.685 - Trust fund for endowment care: Requirements for deposit.

NRS 452.690 - Trust fund for endowment care: Disposition of money received by or on behalf of cemetery authority.

NRS 452.695 - Trust fund for endowment care: Receipt of contributions; purposes and validity of fund and contributions.

NRS 452.700 - Trust fund for endowment care: Exemption from process of law.

NRS 452.705 - Trust fund for endowment care: Minimum sums.

NRS 452.710 - Trust fund for endowment care: Trustees.

NRS 452.715 - Trust fund for endowment care: Administration.

NRS 452.720 - Trust fund for endowment care: Use; deposit and investments; submission of annual financial statement.

NRS 452.725 - Additional contributions to cemetery authority in trust: Receipt; use; purposes; validity.

NRS 452.730 - Posting and inspection of sign indicating endowment care.

NRS 452.735 - Unlawful acts; investigation by Administrator.

NRS 452.740 - Violations: Liability; penalty.