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Statutes > Massachusetts > PARTI > TITLEXVI > CHAPTER114Section 1 Definitions
Section 1A Organization of cemetery corporations
Section 1B Liability of directors, officers or trustees
Section 2 Powers and duties of cemetery corporations
Section 2A Cemetery and crematory corporations; disclosure; penalty
Section 3 Records of conveyances of burial lots
Section 3A Cemetery ownership of unclaimed graves; reuse of occupied graves
Section 4 Certified copies of recorded deeds and instruments; evidence
Section 5 Trust funds
Section 5A Burials; designated funeral director
Section 5B Notification of certain options for burial services; penalty
Section 5C Fiduciary duty owed to contributors to trust fund by corporation
Section 6 Cremation
Section 7 Formation and organization of crematory corporations
Section 8 Crematory corporations; acquisition and holding of land in fee
Section 9 By-laws and regulations of cemeteries and crematory corporations; conduct of business; violations
Section 10 Town burial places
Section 10A Municipality ownership of unclaimed graves; reuse of occupied graves
Section 11 Taking of land for burial purposes; application to county commissioners
Section 12 Taking of land for burial places; hearing notice
Section 13 Adjudication by commissioners; taking
Section 14 Compensation of commissioners acting under petition to take land for burial place
Section 15 Appropriation for enclosing and improving cemetery; sale or conveyance of burial rights; disposition of proceeds
Section 16 Appropriation for and care of cemeteries
Section 17 Preservation of ancient burial places
Section 18 Care of neglected burial places within limits of town
Section 19 Deposits for care and improvement of burial places or lots; records; investment of deposits
Section 20 Depositing funds with state treasurer; copy of instrument; notice to town or city clerk
Section 21 Investment of funds; interest
Section 22 Town board of cemetery commissioners; election of members
Section 23 Powers and duties
Section 24 Conveyance of burial lots; record; fee
Section 25 Gifts or bequests for cemeteries; investment of funds; disposition of proceeds of sales of lots or burial rights
Section 26 Limit of debts or liabilities; annual report
Section 27 Appointment of board of cemetery commissioners; powers and duties
Section 28 Conveyance of lots or interest in lots in trust for preservation as memorial; rights of heirs of owner; control over lot or interest in lot
Section 29 Indivisible character of lots; vesting; limitations and conditions; right of interment; designation of representation of lot; record
Section 30 Hearing as to representation of lot or tomb
Section 31 Descent of family lot to heirs
Section 32 Right of wife to interment; release
Section 33 Right of husband to interment
Section 34 Use of land for burial; new cemeteries or extensions; approval of board of health; description of land
Section 35 Lands to be used for burial; approval
Section 36 Appeal from order of board of health; hearing
Section 37 Regulations by local boards of health; notice
Section 38 Closing of tombs, burial ground or cemetery; hearing; notice
Section 39 Appeal from order of board
Section 40 Jury trial; rescission of order; costs and double costs
Section 41 Laying out or constructing public ways in, upon or through burial places; authority
Section 42 Passage through cemeteries
Section 42A Visitation hours
Section 42B Commercial use of cemeteries; consent; penalties
Section 43 Buildings upon burial places
Section 43A Ownership, maintenance and operation of cemeteries; private profit
Section 43B Sale of cemetery lots and plots for speculative purposes
Section 43C Disposition of proceeds of sales; liquidation of indebtedness
Section 43D Location of community mausoleums; exceptions
Section 43E New community mausoleums; plans and specifications; approval; construction
Section 43F Community mausoleums; construction; supervision
Section 43G Use of community mausoleum prior to completion; care and improvement fund
Section 43H Sale of community mausoleum prior to completion
Section 43I Removal of bodies constituting menace to public health
Section 43J Permanent care and improvement fund for community mausoleums
Section 43K Custodian of fund; administration and investment
Section 43L Abating or enjoining nuisance
Section 43M Permanent disposition of dead bodies or remains
Section 43N Penalties
Section 43O Sale of monuments for cemetery lots by cemetery corporations
Section 44 Cremation of bodies
Section 44A Receptacles for cremated remains; caskets
Section 45 Burial permits; permits for removal of bodies; certificates of death; deceased veterans
Section 45A Funeral director’s name used in connection with death certificate or burial permit
Section 46 Permit for burial of bodies brought into commonwealth; certificate; recording
Section 46A Veterans; burial; affidavit; veteran graves officer
Section 47 Certificates for burial, removal or cremation; indorsement of coupon accompanying permit; record
Section 48 Cremation; certificates for burial
Section 49 Licensing of funeral directors; revocation or suspension; hearing; fees; permits
Section 50 Penalty
Section 51 Embalming fluid
