Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-18 - Cemeteries

Section 23-18-1. - Definitions. - § 23-18-1. Definitions. The following terms used in this chapter,...

Section 23-18-2. - Location of mausoleums and columbaria. - § 23-18-2. Location of mausoleums and columbaria. Every community mausoleum,...

Section 23-18-2.1. - Cremated human remains. - § 23-18-2.1. Cremated human remains. (a) If a cemetery has...

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

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

Section 23-18-5. - Sales before completion of structure — Bond. - § 23-18-5. Sales before completion of structure — Bond. No...

Section 23-18-6. - Proceeds of sales. - § 23-18-6. Proceeds of sales. The proceeds from the sales...

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

Section 23-18-8. - Speculative sales prohibited. - § 23-18-8. Speculative sales prohibited. The sale of cemetery lots...

Section 23-18-8.1. - Perpetual care funds. - § 23-18-8.1. Perpetual care funds. (a) All funds paid to...

Section 23-18-8.2. - Additional deposits. - § 23-18-8.2. Additional deposits. If at any time after a...

Section 23-18-8.3. - Maintenance of perpetual care funds. - § 23-18-8.3. Maintenance of perpetual care funds. The corpus or...

Section 23-18-9. - Penalty for violations. - § 23-18-9. Penalty for violations. Any person, member of a...

Section 23-18-10. - City and town regulation of burial grounds. - § 23-18-10. City and town regulation of burial grounds. (a)...

Section 23-18-10.1. - Registering historical cemeteries. - § 23-18-10.1. Registering historical cemeteries. In addition to the records...

Section 23-18-10.2. - Exemption from liability. - § 23-18-10.2. Exemption from liability. (a) A city, town, or...

Section 23-18-11. - Regulation of excavation around cemeteries. - § 23-18-11. Regulation of excavation around cemeteries. (a) The city...

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

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

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

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

Section 23-18-14. - Records of disposition. - § 23-18-14. Records of disposition. (a) “Agencies”, as defined in...

Section 23-18-15. - Installation of veteran’s plaque. - § 23-18-15. Installation of veteran’s plaque. Any cemetery which accepts...