Chapter 18
Cemeteries

Index of Sections

§ 23-18-1. Definitions.

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

§ 23-18-2.1. Cremated human remains.

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

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

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

§ 23-18-6. Proceeds of sales.

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

§ 23-18-8. Speculative sales prohibited.

§ 23-18-8.1. Perpetual care funds.

§ 23-18-8.2. Additional deposits.

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

§ 23-18-9. Penalty for violations.

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

§ 23-18-10.1. Registering historical cemeteries.

§ 23-18-10.2. Exemption from liability.

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

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

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

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

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

§ 23-18-14. Records of disposition.

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