§ 23-18-8. Speculative sales prohibited.
The sale of cemetery lots or plots, or the sale of crypts or niches in a community mausoleum, or niches in a columbarium, crematory, or any other similar structure, for speculative purposes, or upon the promise, representation, or inducement to the purchaser that the structure may be resold at a financial profit, is prohibited. Any person or individual who shall make, or attempt to make, either on his or her own behalf or on behalf of another, a sale or conveyance contrary to the provisions of this chapter, shall be punished as provided in § 23-18-9.
History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 721, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 23-18-8; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 72.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
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 23-18-12. - Vandalism in cemetery — Civil penalties.
Section 23-18-13. - Notification of historical preservation and heritage commission.