North Carolina General Statutes
Article 9 - North Carolina Cemetery Act.
§ 65-53.1 - Inspectors.

65-53.1. Inspectors.
(a) The Commission may appoint one or more agents who shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission and who shall have the title "Inspector of the North Carolina Cemetery Commission."
(b) To determine compliance with the provisions of this Article and regulations promulgated under this Article, inspectors may do the following:
(1) Enter the office, establishment, or place of business in North Carolina of any cemetery broker, cemetery company, cemetery management organization, cemetery sales organization, or preneed sales licensee to inspect the records, office, establishment, or facility or to inspect the practice conducted or license of any licensee.
(2) Inspect criminal and probation records of licensees and applicants for licenses under this Article to obtain evidence of their character.
(c) Inspectors may serve papers and subpoenas issued by the Commission or any office or member thereof under authority of this Article and shall perform other duties prescribed or ordered by the Commission.
(d) The Commission may prescribe an inspection form to be used by the inspectors in performing their duties.
(e) Upon request by the Commission, the Attorney General of North Carolina shall provide the inspectors with appropriate identification cards signed by the Attorney General or his or her designated agent. In lieu of identification cards, the Commission may design and issue badges to inspectors. (2012-120, s. 3(e).)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 65 - Cemeteries

Article 9 - North Carolina Cemetery Act.

§ 65-46 - Short title.

§ 65-47 - Scope.

§ 65-48 - Definitions.

§ 65-49 - The North Carolina Cemetery Commission.

§ 65-50 - Cemetery Commission; members, selection, quorum.

§ 65-51 - Principal office.

§ 65-52 - Regular and special meetings.

§ 65-53 - Powers.

§ 65-53.1 - Inspectors.

§ 65-54 - Annual budget of Commission; collection of funds.

§ 65-54.1 - Commission records are confidential.

§ 65-55 - License; cemetery company.

§ 65-56 - Existing companies; effect of Article.

§ 65-57 - Licenses for sales organizations, management organizations and brokers.

§ 65-58 - Licenses for persons selling preneed grave space.

§ 65-59 - Application for a change of control; filing fee.

§ 65-60 - Records.

§ 65-60.1 - Trustees; qualifications; examination of records; enforcement.

§ 65-61 - Required trust fund for care and maintenance; remedy of Commission for noncompliance.

§ 65-62 - Individual contracts for care and maintenance.

§ 65-63 - Requirements for perpetual care fund.

§ 65-64 - Deposits to perpetual care fund.

§ 65-65 - Trust fund; financial reports.

§ 65-66 - Receipts from sale of personal property or services; trust account; penalties.

§ 65-67 - Applications for license.

§ 65-68 - License not assignable or transferable.

§ 65-69 - Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands.

§ 65-70 - Construction of mausoleums and belowground crypts; trust fund for receipts from sale of preconstruction crypts; compliance requirements.

§ 65-71 - Penalties.

§ 65-72 - Burial without regard to race or color.

§ 65-73 - Validation of certain deeds for cemetery lots executed by suspended corporations.