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§8-1. Laws governing - Powers and duties. - Every cemetery corporation formed under the laws of the Territory...
§8-1a. Burial charges - Failure to pay. - Every cemetery in this state shall have the power to...
§8-2. Fraternal and church cemeteries. - Any cemetery organized or controlled by any fraternal organization or...
§8-3. Real estate-Limitation on amount-Sale of lots-Other property-Application of income. - May hold real estate. Every cemetery corporation has power to...
§8-3.1. Definitions. - As used in Sections 1 through 37 of Title 8...
§8-4. Surveys - Plat - Acknowledgment - Recording - Fee. - Surveys and Plat. Such corporation shall cause its land, or...
§8-5. Powers. - Such corporation has power to inclose, improve and embellish its...
§8-6. Lots - Inalienability - Descent - Release of interests. - Whenever an interment is made in any lot as defined...
§8-7. Exemptions. - All the property of every such benevolent corporation, and the...
§8-8. Appropriation of net proceeds from lot sales. - The proceeds arising from the sale of lots, after deducting...
§8-9. Retention of portion of proceeds by benevolent, religious and charitable institutions. - Benevolent, religious and charitable institutions which own, maintain and operate...
§8-10. Payment of debts and obligations. - Debts must be paid. At least fifty percent (50%) of...
§8-11. Rights of lot owners in old grounds. - When grounds purchased or otherwise acquired for cemetery purposes have...
§8-12. Election of officers - Votes and eligibility of lot owners - Control by original corporators or successors. - At each subsequent election of officers of any such corporation,...
§8-13. Superintendent - Duties - Election - Term - Eligibility - Supervision and control - Salary. - In addition to the other officers of such corporation, it...
§8-14. Trustees or directors - Regular meetings - Election of officers - Appropriation of lot sale proceeds - Special meetings. - Meetings of board of directors. The board of trustees or...
§8-15. Members' meetings - Notices - Quorum - Special meetings. - Annual meeting of members. The annual meeting of the members...
§8-16. Trustees' or directors' powers and duties - Accounts - Regulations - Payment of debts - Application of lot sale proceeds. - Duties of trustees or directors. The trustees or directors shall...
§8-17. Investment of surplus funds - Tax exemption - Preservation of properties and funds. - Any surplus funds which said corporation may have in its...
§8-18. Violation of provisions - Penalties. - Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions...
§8-31. Conveyance to Board of County Commissioners - Conveyance to corporation when formed. - The owner of land, any part of which has been...
§8-36. Refusal of interment because of race, color or national origin prohibited. - It shall be unlawful for any person, group of persons,...
§8-37. Agreements void. - Provisions in any contract, agreement, deed or charter and any...
§8-88. Disposition of bodies of deceased inmates or patients of state institutions. - A. The superintendents or wardens of state correctional facilities, of...
§8-88.1. Receipt of bodies by State Anatomical Board. - It is hereby required that after the body has been...
§8-142. Partial invalidity. - If any provision of this act or application thereof to...
§8-143. Maintenance and improvement of certain cemeteries by county commissioners. - In any county of this state, the board of county...
§8-144. Acceptance and use of monies and other items. - The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered...
§8-181. Declaration of policy. - The people of the state have a vital interest in...
§8-182. Acquisition of existing cemeteries - Written reports - Hearings - Determination - Exceptions. - (a) Any corporation, association, individual, partnership, trust, or any other...
§8-183. Certificate of authority - Application - Investigation - Public hearing - Expenses. - (a) No organization subject to the provisions of this act...
§8-184. Penalty. - Any person who wilfully violates any provision of this act...
§8-185. Conveyance of county lands for cemetery purposes. - The board of county commissioners may, without fee or charge,...
§8-186. Ingress to and egress from certain cemeteries. - Any cemetery in this state consisting of ten or more...
§8-187. Abandoned cemetery on privately owned land - Visitation rights. - Any relative of the deceased who wishes to visit an...
§8-188. Unused burial sites – Reversion to cemetery. - A. After a period of seventy-five (75) years since the...
§8-201. Short title of Act. - This Act shall be known and cited as "The Burial...
§8-202. Definitions. - The following terms as used in this act are defined...
§8-203.1. State Burial Board abolished - Transfer of duties and authority to State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. - A. The State Burial Board is hereby abolished. All powers,...
§8-204. State Burial Board Administration and Enforcement Fund abolished - Transfer of funds. - A. There is hereby created a fund to be known...
§8-205. Exemption from insurance laws - Operating expenses and trust fund - Mutual character - Members - Articles of agreement - Fees and assessments. - That all burial associations now operating or that may be...
§8-206. Investment of trust funds. - No burial association shall invest its trust funds except in...
§8-207. Licenses. - (a) No burial association shall transact any business until the...
§8-208. Burial agreements. - (a) Any burial association may issue a burial agreement containing...
§8-209. Treasurer's bond. - The treasurer of every burial association, who shall be the...
§8-210. Reimbursement of trust fund. - The Board shall have the authority, after a hearing held,...
§8-211. Inspections and examinations - Costs. - Whenever the Board deems it necessary or advisable, and at...
§8-212. Misrepresentations. - No association and no director, trustee, officer, agent, employee, solicitor,...
§8-213. Discrimination. - Discrimination between members of the same class in the amount...
§8-214. Annual report - Annual license fee. - Every burial association doing business in the State of Oklahoma...
§8-215. Injunction against continuation of business. - If the Board is of the opinion upon examination or...
§8-216. Application for receiver. - No person or party other than the Oklahoma State Board...
§8-217. Merger, consolidation or reinsurance. - (a) No burial association shall merge, consolidate, or reinsure all...
§8-218. Burial agents, who are. - Any person, who for a consideration solicits, negotiates, or effects,...
§8-219. Burial agent license - Necessity. - No person shall, in this state, engage directly or indirectly,...
§8-220. Application for burial agent license and proceedings thereon. - (a) Application for a burial agent license shall be made...
§8-221. Issuance of agent's licenses on association's application - Fee - Renewals. - (a) Every burial association desiring to appoint a person as...
§8-222. Revocation or refusal to renew agent's license. - (a) The Board may revoke or refuse to renew any...
§8-223. Procedure for revocation or refusal to renew agent's license. - A hearing before the Board for the purpose of revoking...
§8-224. Burial agreements issued only through resident agents. - (a) No burial agreement shall be issued or delivered in...
§8-225. Solicitors deemed agents of association. - Any person who shall solicit and shall procure an application...
§8-226. Depositions, witnesses and evidence. - (a) In any proceeding arising under this act, any member...
§8-227. Application of law to existing associations. - (a) The provisions of this Act shall apply to every...
§8-228. Foreign associations or corporations. - No burial association or corporation which is organized or incorporated...
§8-229. Rules and regulations. - The Board may make and promulgate written rules and regulations...
§8-230. Effective date - Exemption of certain existing associations - Bond of Treasurer. - The operative date of this Act shall be June 1,...
§8-230.1. Dissolution of burial association. - A. At a meeting of the burial association held in...
§8-230.2. Dissolution of unincorporated burial association. - A. At a meeting of an unincorporated burial association, pursuant...
§8-231. Violations of act - Punishment. - Any corporation, association, or director, trustee, officer, employee, agent or...