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§ 5300. Statutory purposes - § 5300. Statutory purposes The statutory purpose of the exemption...
§ 5301. Application of chapter - § 5301. Application of chapter This chapter shall be applicable...
§ 5302. Definitions [Effective until January 1, 2023] - § 5302. Definitions [Effective until January 1, 2023] As used...
§ 5302. Definitions [Effective January 1, 2023] - § 5302. Definitions [Effective January 1, 2023] As used in...
§ 5303. Policy declared - § 5303. Policy declared The object, purposes, and activities of...
§ 5304. Limitation of powers - § 5304. Limitation of powers The business of cemeteries shall...
§ 5305. Right to make rules and regulations - § 5305. Right to make rules and regulations The right...
§ 5306. Perpetual care funds - § 5306. Perpetual care funds An agency engaged in the...
§ 5307. Rule against perpetuities - § 5307. Rule against perpetuities A trust having one or...
§ 5308. Custodian of funds; bond - § 5308. Custodian of funds; bond When such funds are...
§ 5309. Investment of funds - § 5309. Investment of funds The principal sum of such...
§ 5310. Plats - § 5310. Plats An agency engaged in any business of...
§ 5311. Recording of plats - § 5311. Recording of plats It shall be the duty...
§ 5312. Limitation of sales - § 5312. Limitation of sales A lot, section, subdivision, crypt,...
§ 5313. Records; burial records open to public - § 5313. Records; burial records open to public An agency...
§ 5314. Sale of property for interment purposes; disposition of receipts - § 5314. Sale of property for interment purposes; disposition of...
§ 5315. Sale of property for other than burial purposes; disposition of proceeds - § 5315. Sale of property for other than burial purposes;...
§ 5316. Encumbrance of cemetery property prohibited - § 5316. Encumbrance of cemetery property prohibited A public mausoleum,...
§ 5317. Tax exemptions - § 5317. Tax exemptions Except as otherwise provided in this...
§ 5318. Public use of cemetery for other purposes - § 5318. Public use of cemetery for other purposes A...
§ 5319. Disposition of remains of dead - § 5319. Disposition of remains of dead (a) The permanent...
§ 5319. Disposition of remains of dead - § 5319. Disposition of remains of dead (a)(1) The permanent...
§ 5320. Temporary vaults - § 5320. Temporary vaults A town may construct and maintain,...
§ 5321. Improvement of private burial grounds; duties of officers - § 5321. Improvement of private burial grounds; duties of officers...
§ 5322. Temporary access to cemeteries - § 5322. Temporary access to cemeteries (a) Any person wishing...
§ 5323. Natural burial grounds; exemptions - § 5323. Natural burial grounds; exemptions (a) A natural burial...
§ 5361. Appropriations and regulations by towns - § 5361. Appropriations and regulations by towns A town may...
§ 5362. Repair; expense; notice - § 5362. Repair; expense; notice (a) When lots or walks...
§ 5363. Penalty - § 5363. Penalty A selectboard member, cemetery commissioner, or trustee,...
§ 5364. Fences; penalty - § 5364. Fences; penalty When the selectboard or cemetery commissioners...
§ 5365. Damages for want of fence; liability - § 5365. Damages for want of fence; liability When a...
§ 5366. Not liable until notified - § 5366. Not liable until notified A town shall not...
§ 5367. Duties of selectboard - § 5367. Duties of selectboard When a town neglects to...
§ 5368. Exceptions - § 5368. Exceptions Sections 5361-5367 of this title shall not...
§ 5369. Removal - § 5369. Removal When it is impracticable to preserve a...
§ 5370. Notice; headstones - § 5370. Notice; headstones When remains of the dead are...
§ 5371. Town or city to furnish headstone - § 5371. Town or city to furnish headstone In case...
§ 5372. Appropriation for cemetery associations - § 5372. Appropriation for cemetery associations At a legal meeting...
§ 5373. Cemetery commissioners - § 5373. Cemetery commissioners When a town votes to place...
§ 5374. Term - § 5374. Term The commissioner first chosen shall hold office...
§ 5375. Laying out and improving grounds; burial without charge - § 5375. Laying out and improving grounds; burial without charge...
§ 5376. Sale of lots; tax exemption - § 5376. Sale of lots; tax exemption The board, by...
§ 5376. Sale of lots; tax exemption - § 5376. Sale of lots; tax exemption The board of...
§ 5377. Proceeds of sale; expenditure - § 5377. Proceeds of sale; expenditure The proceeds of such...
§ 5378. Bylaws and regulations - § 5378. Bylaws and regulations The board may make necessary...
§ 5378. Bylaws and regulations - § 5378. Bylaws and regulations The board of cemetery commissioners...
§ 5379. Report of cemetery commissioners - § 5379. Report of cemetery commissioners The board shall submit...
§ 5380. Auditors - § 5380. Auditors The town auditors shall audit such statement,...
§ 5381. Transfer of care from commissioners to selectboard - § 5381. Transfer of care from commissioners to selectboard By...
§ 5382. Town trust funds—Acceptance of property - § 5382. Town trust funds—Acceptance of property A town may...
§ 5383. Acceptance of money in trust - § 5383. Acceptance of money in trust A town may...
§ 5384. Payment to treasurer; record; investment - § 5384. Payment to treasurer; record; investment (a) Unless otherwise...
§ 5385. Accounts; expenditures - § 5385. Accounts; expenditures The town treasurer shall keep a...
§ 5386. Report - § 5386. Report The town treasurer or trustees of public...
§ 5387. Money received prior to 1895 - § 5387. Money received prior to 1895 Sections 5383-5386 of...
§ 5431. Cemetery associations; corporations - § 5431. Cemetery associations; corporations Every cemetery established after June...
§ 5432. Organization and operation - § 5432. Organization and operation Such corporation shall be organized,...
§ 5433. Authority; powers - § 5433. Authority; powers Upon filing the articles of incorporation,...
§ 5434. Penalty for doing business as a cemetery association without authority - § 5434. Penalty for doing business as a cemetery association...
§ 5435. Sales of lots, crypts, and niches; how income applied; rules - § 5435. Sales of lots, crypts, and niches; how income...
§ 5436. Perpetual care fund - § 5436. Perpetual care fund A cemetery association established prior...
§ 5437. Investment - § 5437. Investment A cemetery association shall invest trust funds...
§ 5438. Cemetery accounts; annual reports - § 5438. Cemetery accounts; annual reports (a) A cemetery association...
§ 5439. Dissolution of cemetery associations - § 5439. Dissolution of cemetery associations A cemetery association, which...
§ 5440. Merger of cemetery associations - § 5440. Merger of cemetery associations (a) An incorporated cemetery...
§ 5481. Acquisition of land and property—Purchase or gift - § 5481. Acquisition of land and property—Purchase or gift The...
§ 5482. Eminent domain - § 5482. Eminent domain The right to acquire land and...
§ 5483. Acquisition of land by town - § 5483. Acquisition of land by town When it is...
§ 5484. Acquisition of gravel by town or association - § 5484. Acquisition of gravel by town or association (a)...
§ 5485. Appeal to Superior Court - § 5485. Appeal to Superior Court When, in accordance with...
§ 5487. Acquisition of land by cemetery associations generally - § 5487. Acquisition of land by cemetery associations generally A...
§ 5488. Enlargement of cemeteries by associations—Petition to Superior Court to acquire land - § 5488. Enlargement of cemeteries by associations—Petition to Superior Court...
§ 5489. Service of petition; appointment of commissioners - § 5489. Service of petition; appointment of commissioners The petition...
§ 5490. Notice; hearing - § 5490. Notice; hearing The commissioners shall appoint a time...
§ 5491. Survey; damages - § 5491. Survey; damages When the commissioners decide that public...
§ 5492. Report, filing - § 5492. Report, filing When the commissioners have completed their...
§ 5493. Judgment on report; costs - § 5493. Judgment on report; costs The court may accept...
§ 5494. Title to lands taken - § 5494. Title to lands taken Such cemetery association shall...
§ 5531. Disposal of lot by will; descent; burial rights of husband and wife - § 5531. Disposal of lot by will; descent; burial rights...
§ 5532. Escheat of cemetery lots—Definition - § 5532. Escheat of cemetery lots—Definition For the purposes of...
§ 5533. Escheat when owner’s whereabouts unknown - § 5533. Escheat when owner’s whereabouts unknown When the whereabouts...
§ 5534. Petition; hearing - § 5534. Petition; hearing The cemetery commissioners or other proper...
§ 5535. Notice; publication - § 5535. Notice; publication Such notice shall recite the substance...
§ 5536. Order - § 5536. Order If sufficient cause is not shown to...
§ 5537. Heirs - § 5537. Heirs If an heir or other person entitled...
§ 5571. Location - § 5571. Location A community mausoleum, as hereinbefore defined, other...
§ 5572. Plats - § 5572. Plats Before commencing the building, construction, or erection...
§ 5573. Construction requirements - § 5573. Construction requirements (a) A community mausoleum or columbarium,...
§ 5575. Use before completion prohibited - § 5575. Use before completion prohibited A community mausoleum, columbarium,...
§ 5576. Sales before the completion of building; bond - § 5576. Sales before the completion of building; bond A...
§ 5577. Mausoleum becoming untenable - § 5577. Mausoleum becoming untenable If a mausoleum, vault, crypt,...
§ 5578. Perpetual care funds - § 5578. Perpetual care funds There shall be established and...
§ 5579. Penalties - § 5579. Penalties A person who violates a provision of...