Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-18 - Cemeteries
Section 23-18-15. - Installation of veteran’s plaque.

§ 23-18-15. Installation of veteran’s plaque.
Any cemetery which accepts the remains of a military veteran for burial shall install, for a maximum charge of seventy-five dollars ($75.00), the plaque issued by the Veterans’ Administration to the deceased veteran, on the veteran’s gravesite.
History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 231, § 1.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 23 - Health and Safety

Chapter 23-18 - Cemeteries

Section 23-18-1. - Definitions.

Section 23-18-2. - Location of mausoleums and columbaria.

Section 23-18-2.1. - Cremated human remains.

Section 23-18-3. - Approval of construction plans — Supervisory control.

Section 23-18-4. - Completion of structure and maintenance provisions required before interments.

Section 23-18-5. - Sales before completion of structure — Bond.

Section 23-18-6. - Proceeds of sales.

Section 23-18-7. - Re-interment of bodies in structure becoming health menace.

Section 23-18-8. - Speculative sales prohibited.

Section 23-18-8.1. - Perpetual care funds.

Section 23-18-8.2. - Additional deposits.

Section 23-18-8.3. - Maintenance of perpetual care funds.

Section 23-18-9. - Penalty for violations.

Section 23-18-10. - City and town regulation of burial grounds.

Section 23-18-10.1. - Registering historical cemeteries.

Section 23-18-10.2. - Exemption from liability.

Section 23-18-11. - Regulation of excavation around cemeteries.

Section 23-18-11.1. - Permit required to alter or remove historic cemetery — Powers of city or town council — Appeal.

Section 23-18-11.2. - Regulation of excavation — Removal and transfer of graves and cemeteries — Penalties.

Section 23-18-12. - Vandalism in cemetery — Civil penalties.

Section 23-18-13. - Notification of historical preservation and heritage commission.

Section 23-18-14. - Records of disposition.

Section 23-18-15. - Installation of veteran’s plaque.