New York Laws
Title 2 - Private Property
446 - Cemeteries.

§ 446. Cemeteries. 1. Real property actually and exclusively used for
cemetery purposes shall be exempt from taxation and exempt from special
ad valorem levies and special assessments.

2. In addition to the exemption provided in subdivision one of this
section, unimproved land, which is not presently used for cemetery
purposes, but in which interments are reasonably and in good faith
anticipated, shall be exempt from taxation, special ad valorem levies
and special assessments. An exemption pursuant to this subdivision shall
be granted only upon application by the owner of the property on a form
prescribed by the commissioner. The application shall be filed with the
assessor of the appropriate county, city, town or village on or before
the taxable status date of such county, city, town or village.

3. The term "cemetery purposes", as used in this section shall mean
land and buildings, whether privately or publicly owned or operated,
used for the disposal or burial of deceased human beings, by cremation
or in a grave, mausoleum, vault, columbarium or other receptacle. Such
term shall also include land and buildings actually used and essential
to the providing of cemetery purposes including, but not limited to, the
on site residence of a full-time caretaker and a storage facility for
necessary tools and equipment.

4. No real property shall be entitled to receive an exemption pursuant
to this section if the owner or operator of such real property or any
officer, member or employee thereof, shall receive or may be lawfully
entitled to receive any pecuniary profit from the operations thereof,
other than reasonable compensation for services performed, or, if the
ownership or operation is a guise or pretense for directly or indirectly
making any other pecuniary profit for such owner or operator or for any
of its officers, members or employees.

Structure New York Laws

RPT - Real Property Tax

Article 4 - Exemptions

Title 2 - Private Property

420-A - Nonprofit Organizations; Mandatory Class.

420-B - Nonprofit Organizations; Permissive Class.

420-C - Exemption From Local Real Property Taxation of Certain Low Income Housing Accommodations in a City Having a Population of One Million or More.

421-A - Affordable New York Housing Program.

421-B - Exemption of Certain Private Dwellings, Multiple Dwellings and Improvements From Local Taxation; Certain Cases.

421-C - Exemption of Certain New Multiple Dwellings From Local Taxation.

421-D - Exemption of Multiple Dwellings Financed by the New York State Housing Finance Agency From Local Taxation.

421-E - Exemption of Cooperative, Condominium, Homesteading and Rental Projects From Local Taxation.

421-F - Exemption of Capital Improvements to Residential Buildings and Certain New Construction.

421-FF - Exemption of Capital Improvements to Residential Buildings in Cities With a Population Between Twenty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty-Eight Thousand Based Upon the Two Thousand Ten Federal Census.

421-G - Exemption From Local Taxation of Certain Multiple Dwellings.

421-H - Exemption of Capital Improvements to Multiple Dwelling Buildings Within Certain Cities.

421-H*2 - Exemption of Capital Improvements to Residential Buildings.

421-I - Exemption of Capital Improvements to Multiple Dwelling Buildings Within Certain Cities.

421-I*2 - Exemption of Capital Improvements to Multiple Dwelling Buildings Within Certain Cities.

421-J - Exemption of Capital Investment in Multiple Dwelling Buildings Within Certain Cities.

421-J*2 - Exemption of Capital Improvements to Multiple Dwelling Buildings Within Certain Cities.

421-K - Exemption of Certain Multiple Dwellings.

421-L - Exemption of Capital Improvements to Residential Buildings in Certain Towns.

421-M - Exemption of Certain New or Substantially Rehabilitated Multiple Dwellings From Local Taxation.

421-N - Exemption of Capital Improvements to Multiple Dwelling Buildings Within Certain Cities.

421-O - Exemption of Capital Improvements to Multiple Dwelling Buildings Within Certain Cities.

421-O*2 - Exemption of Capital Improvements to Multiple Dwelling Buildings Within Certain Cities.

422 - Not-for-Profit Housing Companies.

423 - Phase Out of Exemption for Redevelopment Company Projects Upon the Cessation of the Tax Exemption Granted Pursuant to Contract.

424 - Institute of Arts and Sciences.

425 - School Tax Relief (Star) Exemption.

425-A - Abatement of County Taxes in Special Assessing Units.

426 - Opera Houses.

427 - Performing Arts Buildings.

428 - Fraternal Organizations; Entire Net Income for Education and Relief of Members.

429 - Real Property Used for Professional Major League Sports.

430 - Interdenominational Centers.

432 - Theatrical Corporations Created by Act of Congress.

434 - Academies of Music.

436 - Officers of Religious Denominations.

438 - Trustees of a Hospital, Playground and Library; Hospital for Benefit of a City.

440 - Infant Homes.

442 - Soldiers Monument Corporations.

444 - Historical Societies.

444-A - Historical Property.

446 - Cemeteries.

450 - Agricultural Societies.

452 - Veterans Organizations.

455 - Exemption Option.

456 - Municipal Railroads.

457 - Exemption for First-Time Homebuyers of Newly Constructed Homes.

458 - Veterans.

458-A - Veterans; Alternative Exemption.

458-B - Exemption for Cold War Veterans.

458-C - Improvements to Property of Severely Injured Members of the Armed Forces of the United States.

459 - Persons Who Are Physically Disabled.

459-A - Improvements to Property Made Pursuant to the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.

459-B - Physically Disabled Crime Victims.

459-C - Persons With Disabilities and Limited Incomes.

462 - Religious Corporations; Property Used for Residential Purposes.

464 - Incorporated Associations of Volunteer Firefighters.

466 - Volunteer Firefighters and Fire Companies in Villages.

466-A - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain Counties.

466-A*2 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers.

466-B - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain Additional Counties.

466-C - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-C*2 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain Counties.

466-C*3 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-C*4 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-C*5 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Exemption.

466-C*6 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain Counties.

466-C*7 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-D - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-D*2 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-D*3 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers.

466-D*4 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain Counties.

466-E - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-E*2 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-E*3 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-E*4 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-F - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-F*2 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-F*3 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain Counties.

466-F*4 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-F*5 - Un-Remarried Spouses of Volunteer Firefighters or Volunteer Ambulance Workers Killed in the Line of Duty.

466-G - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-G*2 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-H - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-H*2 - Un-Remarried Spouses of Deceased Volunteer Firefighters or Volunteer Ambulance Workers.

466-I - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain Counties.

466-J - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

466-K - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

467 - Persons Sixty-Five Years of Age or Over.

467-A - Partial Tax Abatement for Residential Real Property Held in the Cooperative or Condominium Form of Ownership in a City Having a Population of One Mill

467-B - Tax Abatement for Rent-Controlled and Rent Regulated Property Occupied by Senior Citizens or Persons With Disabilities.

467-C - Exemption for Property Owned by Certain Housing Companies or Sublessees of the Battery Park City Authority and Occupied by Senior Citizens or Persons With Disabilities.

467-D - Assessment Exemption for Certain Living Quarters Constructed to Be Occupied by a Senior Citizen or Disabled Individual.

467-E - Rebate for Owners or Tenant-Stockholders of One,two or Three Family Residences or Residential Property Held in the Condominium or Cooperative Form Of

467-F - Protective and Safety Devices Tax Abatement.

467-G - Rebate for Owners of Certain Real Property Seriously Damaged by the Severe Storm That Occurred on the Twenty-Ninth and Thirtieth of October, Two Thousand Twelve in a City Having a Population of One Million or More.

467-H - Partial Abatement for Certain Rebuilt Real Property Seriously Damaged by the Severe Storm That Occurred on the Twenty-Ninth and Thirtieth of October, Two Thousand Twelve in a City Having a Population of One Million or More.

467-I - Real Property Tax Abatement.

467-J - Exemption for Certain Residential Properties Located in Certain Counties.

467-K - Senior Citizen Longtime Resident Exemption.

467-K*2 - Exemption for Certain Residential Property Required to Participate in the Federal Flood Insurance Program.

467-L - Rebate for Owners of Certain Real Property in the City of New York.

468 - Fire Patrol and Salvage Corps.

469 - Assessment Exemption for Living Quarters for Parent or Grandparent.

470 - Exemption for Improvements to Real Property Meeting Certification Standards for Green Buildings.

472 - Pharmaceutical Societies.

474 - Dental Societies.

476-A - Railroad Passenger Stations.

477 - Tax Exemption for Industrial Waste Treatment Facilities.

477-A - Tax Exemption for Air Pollution Control Facilities.

478 - Tax Exemption for Off-Street Parking Facilities Providing Underground Shelters.

479 - Fallout Shelter Facilities.

480 - Forest and Reforested Lands.

480-A - Taxation of Forest Land.

481 - Taxation of Land Used for Agricultural Production.

482 - Quarantined Lands.

483 - Exemption From Taxation of Structures and Buildings Essential to the Operation of Agricultural and Horticultural Lands.

483-A - Farm Silos, Farm Feed Grain Storage Bins, Commodity Sheds, Bulk Milk Tanks and Coolers, and Manure Storage and Handling Facilities.

483-B - Historic Barns.

483-C - Temporary Greenhouses.

483-D - Farm or Food Processing Labor Camps or Commissaries.

483-E - Anaerobic Digestion Facilities.

484 - Urban Redevelopment Corporations and Companies.

485 - Nuclear Powered Electric Generating Facilities.

485-A - Residential-Commerical Urban Exemption Program.

485-B - Business Investment Exemption.

485-C - Exemption From Taxation of Real Property Used in Manufacture of Steel in Cities of Fifty Thousand or More Persons.

485-D - Water-Works Corporations.

485-E - Empire Zone Exemption.

485-F - Banking Development Districts.

485-G - Infrastructure Exemption.

485-H - Residential Investment Exemption; Certain Cities.

485-I - Residential Investment Exemption; Certain School Districts.

485-I*2 - Residential Investment Exemption; Certain Cities.

485-J - Residential Property Improvement Exemption; Certain Cities.

485-J*2 - Residential Investment Exemption; Certain Cities.

485-J*3 - Residential Investment Exemption; Certain Cities and School Districts.

485-J*4 - Residential Investment Exemption; Certain Cities.

485-J*5 - Residential Investment Exemption; Certain Cities.

485-K - Residential Investment Exemption; Certain School Districts.

485-L - Residential Property Improvement; Certain Towns.

485-L*2 - Residential Investment Exemption; Certain School Districts.

485-M - Residential Investment Exemption; Certain School Districts.

485-N - Residential-Commercial Exemption Program.

485-O - New Residential Property Exemption; Certain Cities.

485-P - Economic Transformation Area Exemption.

485-Q - Residential Investment Exemption; Certain Cities.

485-R - Residential Redevelopment Inhibited Property Exemption; Certain Cities.

485-S - Residential Reassessment Exemption.

485-S*2 - Residential Reassessment Exemption.

485-S*3 - Mixed Use Exemption Program for Villages.

485-T - Owner Occupied Residential Property Exemption Program.

485-U - Class One Reassessment Exemption.

485-V - Residential Revaluation Exemption.

485-V*2 - Residential and Mixed-Use Investment Exemption; Certain Cities and School Districts.

485-W - Newly Constructed Single-Family and Multi-Family Residential Exemption; Certain Villages.

486 - Non-Profit Medical and Dental Indemnity, or Hospital Service Corporations.

486-A - Non-Profit Corporations Operating as Health Maintenance Organizations.

487 - Exemption From Taxation for Certain Energy Systems.

487-A - Exemption From Taxation of Conservation Improvements to Certain Residential Premises.

488 - Retirement Systems.

488-A - Rehabilitation of Certain Class B Multiple Dwellings and Class a Multiple Dwellings Used for Single Room Occupancy.

489 - Exemption From Taxation of Alterations and Improvements to Multiple Dwellings to Eliminate Fire and Health Hazards; Abatement.