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Article 2 - Care of Confederate Cemetery.
§ 65-4 - State Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety to furnish labor[Effective until January 1, 2023] - 65-4. State Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of...
Article 3 - Cemeteries for Inmates of County Homes.
§ 65-5 - County commissioners may establish new cemeteries. - 65-5. County commissioners may establish new cemeteries. The boards of...
§ 65-6 - Removal and reinterment of bodies. - 65-6. Removal and reinterment of bodies. Whenever the county commissioners...
Article 6 - Cemetery Associations.
§ 65-16 - Land holdings. - 65-16. Land holdings. All cemetery associations or corporations created by...
§ 65-17 - Change of name of association or corporation. - 65-17. Change of name of association or corporation. Any corporation...
§ 65-17.1 - Quorum at stockholders' meeting of certain nonprofit cemetery corporations; calling meeting; amendment of charter. - 65-17.1. Quorum at stockholders' meeting of certain nonprofit cemetery corporations;...
Article 7 - Cemeteries Operated for Private Gain.
§ 65-18 through 65-36 - Recodified as §§ 65-46 through 65-72. - 65-18 through 65-36: Recodified as 65-46 through 65-72.
Article 7A - Funeral and Burial Trust Funds.
§ 65-36.1 through 65-36.8 - Recodified as §§ 90-210.30 through 90-210.37, by Session Laws 1985, c12, s1. - 65-36.1 through 65-36.8: Recodified as 90-210.30 through 90-210.37, by Session...
Article 8A - Veterans Cemeteries.
§ 65-41 - Land acquisition. - 65-41. Land acquisition. The State may accept land for the...
§ 65-42 - Location of cemeteries. - 65-42. Location of cemeteries. These veterans cemeteries may be located...
§ 65-43 - Definitions. - 65-43. Definitions. For purposes of this Article, the following definitions...
§ 65-43.1 - Eligibility for interment in a State veterans cemetery. - 65-43.1. Eligibility for interment in a State veterans cemetery. (a)...
§ 65-43.2 - Proof of eligibility. - 65-43.2. Proof of eligibility. (a) The veteran, his survivors, or...
§ 65-43.3 - Bars to eligibility. - 65-43.3. Bars to eligibility. A veteran may not be interred...
§ 65-43.4 - Disinterment. - 65-43.4. Disinterment. (a) When a veteran fails to abide by...
§ 65-43.5 - Reinterment. - 65-43.5. Reinterment. (a) The remains of a qualified veteran or...
§ 65-43.6 - State veterans cemeteries cost. - 65-43.6. State veterans cemeteries cost. (a) There may be no...
§ 65-44 - Days for burial. - 65-44. Days for burial. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,...
Article 9 - North Carolina Cemetery Act.
§ 65-46 - Short title. - 65-46. Short title. This Article 9 may be cited as...
§ 65-47 - Scope. - 65-47. Scope. (a) The provisions of this Article shall apply...
§ 65-48 - Definitions. - 65-48. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless otherwise stated...
§ 65-49 - The North Carolina Cemetery Commission. - 65-49. The North Carolina Cemetery Commission. The North Carolina Cemetery...
§ 65-50 - Cemetery Commission; members, selection, quorum. - 65-50. Cemetery Commission; members, selection, quorum. (a) Membership. - The...
§ 65-51 - Principal office. - 65-51. Principal office. The principal office of the Commission shall...
§ 65-52 - Regular and special meetings. - 65-52. Regular and special meetings. The Cemetery Commission shall meet...
§ 65-53 - Powers. - 65-53. Powers. In addition to other powers conferred by this...
§ 65-53.1 - Inspectors. - 65-53.1. Inspectors. (a) The Commission may appoint one or more...
§ 65-54 - Annual budget of Commission; collection of funds. - 65-54. Annual budget of Commission; collection of funds. The Commission...
§ 65-54.1 - Commission records are confidential. - 65-54.1. Commission records are confidential. Records, papers, and other documents...
§ 65-55 - License; cemetery company. - 65-55. License; cemetery company. (a) No legal entity shall engage...
§ 65-56 - Existing companies; effect of Article. - 65-56. Existing companies; effect of Article. Existing cemetery companies at...
§ 65-57 - Licenses for sales organizations, management organizations and brokers. - 65-57. Licenses for sales organizations, management organizations and brokers. (a)...
§ 65-58 - Licenses for persons selling preneed grave space. - 65-58. Licenses for persons selling preneed grave space. (a) No...
§ 65-59 - Application for a change of control; filing fee. - 65-59. Application for a change of control; filing fee. A...
§ 65-60 - Records. - 65-60. Records. A record shall be kept of every burial...
§ 65-60.1 - Trustees; qualifications; examination of records; enforcement. - 65-60.1. Trustees; qualifications; examination of records; enforcement. (a) The term...
§ 65-61 - Required trust fund for care and maintenance; remedy of Commission for noncompliance. - 65-61. Required trust fund for care and maintenance; remedy of...
§ 65-62 - Individual contracts for care and maintenance. - 65-62. Individual contracts for care and maintenance. At the time...
§ 65-63 - Requirements for perpetual care fund. - 65-63. Requirements for perpetual care fund. A cemetery company may...
§ 65-64 - Deposits to perpetual care fund. - 65-64. Deposits to perpetual care fund. (a) Deposits to the...
§ 65-65 - Trust fund; financial reports. - 65-65. Trust fund; financial reports. Within 60 days after the...
§ 65-66 - Receipts from sale of personal property or services; trust account; penalties. - 65-66. Receipts from sale of personal property or services; trust...
§ 65-67 - Applications for license. - 65-67. Applications for license. Applications for renewal license must be...
§ 65-68 - License not assignable or transferable. - 65-68. License not assignable or transferable. No license issued under...
§ 65-69 - Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands. - 65-69. Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands. (a)...
§ 65-70 - Construction of mausoleums and belowground crypts; trust fund for receipts from sale of preconstruction crypts; compliance requirements. - 65-70. Construction of mausoleums and belowground crypts; trust fund for...
§ 65-71 - Penalties. - 65-71. Penalties. (a) Except as provided in this subsection, a...
§ 65-72 - Burial without regard to race or color. - 65-72. Burial without regard to race or color. (a) It...
§ 65-73 - Validation of certain deeds for cemetery lots executed by suspended corporations. - 65-73. Validation of certain deeds for cemetery lots executed by...
Article 11 - Minimum Burial Depth.
§ 65-77 - Minimum burial depth. - 65-77. Minimum burial depth. When final disposition of a human...
Article 12 - Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries.
§ 65-85 - Definitions. - 65-85. Definitions. As used in this Article, the following terms...
§ 65-91 - Money deposited with the clerk of superior court. - 65-91. Money deposited with the clerk of superior court. For...
§ 65-92 - Separate record of accounts to be kept. - 65-92. Separate record of accounts to be kept. It shall...
§ 65-93 - Funds to be kept perpetually. - 65-93. Funds to be kept perpetually. All money placed in...
§ 65-94 - Investment of funds. - 65-94. Investment of funds. Money placed in the office of...
§ 65-95 - Clerk's bond; substitution of bank or trust company as trustee. - 65-95. Clerk's bond; substitution of bank or trust company as...
§ 65-96 - Funds exempt from taxation. - 65-96. Funds exempt from taxation. All money referred to in...
§ 65-101 - Entering public or private property to maintain or visit with consent. - 65-101. Entering public or private property to maintain or visit...
§ 65-102 - Entering public or private property to maintain or visit without consent. - 65-102. Entering public or private property to maintain or visit...
§ 65-106 - Removal of graves; who may disinter, move, and reinter; notice; certificate filed; reinterment expenses; due care required. - 65-106. Removal of graves; who may disinter, move, and reinter;...
§ 65-111 - County commissioners to provide list of public and abandoned cemeteries. - 65-111. County commissioners to provide list of public and abandoned...
§ 65-112 - Appropriations by county commissioners. - 65-112. Appropriations by county commissioners. To encourage the persons in...
§ 65-113 - County commissioners to have control of abandoned public cemeteries; trustees. - 65-113. County commissioners to have control of abandoned public cemeteries;...