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Michigan

Chapter 456 — Cemetery Associations
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456.1 Cemetery corporation; incorporators.
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456.2 Cemetery corporation; acquisition of land, encumbrance, payment; lease, restriction.
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456.3 Right of burial; definition.
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456.3a Right of burial; granting in tax delinquent lands prohibited.
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456.4 Right of burial; disposal by member.
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456.5 Member; right to vote.
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456.6 Meeting to incorporate; warrant.
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456.7 Meeting to incorporate; affidavit of notice.
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456.8 Board of trustees; election; terms.
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456.9 Officers; election; sexton or superintendent, appointment.
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456.10 Officers; vacancies.
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456.11 Officers; acceptance of office, bond.
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456.12 Officers; notice of election.
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456.13 Treasurer; bond.
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456.14 Officers; compensation.
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456.15 By-laws, rules and regulations.
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456.16 Certificate of organization; contents; signature; filing certificate with department of commerce.
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456.17 Laying out burial grounds; maps; filing map with department of commerce; certificate.
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456.18 Actions and suits; common seal.
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456.19 Reincorporation under act; lot owners in public burying ground, incorporation; transfer of rights from municipalities.
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456.20 Saving clause.
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456.21 Vacation of burying ground; procedure.
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456.22 Forfeited right of burial; disposal.
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456.23 Unused burial rights; sale on non-payment of assessment; reconveyance.
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456.24 Assessment; voting; notice of meeting.
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456.25 Assessment; record.
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456.26 Assessment; notice; payment, enforcement.
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456.27 Duties of officers defined by by-laws.
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456.28 Treasurer; duties.
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456.29 Records of rights of burial; form.
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456.30 Records of rights of burial; bound blanks, index.
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456.31 Price of lots or rights of burial.
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456.32 Price of lots or rights of burial; payment receipt.
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456.33 Certificate of right of burial.
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456.34 Potter's field.
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456.34a Witness fee; prohibition.
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456.35, 456.35a Repealed.
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456.35b Endowment care fund; exemption from care fund requirements.
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456.36 Additional land; taxation; conveyance.
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456.51 Continuance of corporate existence.
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456.52 Extension of term of existence of corporation.
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456.101 Cemetery corporations; incorporators, name.
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456.102 Articles; signing, acknowledgment, contents.
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456.103 Payment by subscribers to articles of association.
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456.104 Annual meeting; election of board of directors; right to vote; special meetings.
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456.105 Board of directors; selection of officers.
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456.106 Board of directors; powers.
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456.106a Conveyance of land.
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456.107, 456.107a Repealed.
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456.108 Tax exemption.
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456.109 Burial rights; granting in lands subject to lien or tax delinquent lands prohibited.
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456.110 Highways, sewers or other public thoroughfares through grounds; right to purchase additional property.
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456.111 Saloons and amusements prohibited.
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456.112 Burial rights; transfer, rights of surviving spouse and next of kin.
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456.113 Repealed.
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456.114 Use of firearms in cemetery; entering over fence; penalty.
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456.114a Witness fee; prohibition.
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456.115 Perpetual care fund; receipts; investment; bond; account.
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456.116 Non-profit corporation.
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456.117 Charter not deemed forfeited; filing articles; affidavit, report.
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456.118 Corporate name.
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456.119 List of corporations; compilation; forwarding to corporation and securities commission.
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456.151 Continuance of corporate existence.
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456.181 Cemetery corporations; sale to municipal corporation; definitions.
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456.182 Resolution of directors; special meeting; transfer of cemetery to municipal corporation.
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456.183 Notice of special meeting; publication.
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456.184 Legal rights and privileges unaffected by sale; duties of municipal corporation.
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456.201 Cremation companies; incorporators, purposes.
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456.202 Articles of agreement; signing, acknowledgment, contents.
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456.203 Certificate of organization; signatures; filing certificate with department of commerce.
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456.204 Repealed.
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456.205 Tax exemption; exception.
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456.206 Encumbrance of certain property prohibited; surety bond and cash bond.
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456.207 Annual meeting; election of directors, term; right to vote; special meetings.
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456.208 Officers; selection.
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456.209 Directors; powers.
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456.210 Records of cremations; contents.
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456.211 Records of niches.
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456.212 Grounds; laying out, improvement.
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456.213 Sale of niches; trust fund, investment and use.
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456.251 Articles of agreement; execution, acknowledgment, and filing; signers of articles and associates as body politic and corporate.
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456.252 Vault associations; articles of association, contents.
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456.253 Vault associations; corporate powers.
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456.521 Cemetery regulation act; short title.
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456.522 Definitions.
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456.522a Commissioner, spouse, or child; financial interest in cemetery, cemetery operations, supplier, or funeral establishment prohibited.
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456.523-456.527 Repealed.
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456.528 Commissioner; rules.
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456.529 Commissioner; hearings; investigations; oaths; testimony; witnesses; production of books and records; subpoena; abandoned cemeteries; failure to obey subpoena; pe
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456.529a Performance of duties of commissioner; assistance from all departments, state agencies, public bodies corporate, committees, commissioners, officers of state, an
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456.529b Consultants; contracts.
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456.530 Commissioner; auditing trust funds; registration of cemeteries; exemptions.
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456.531 Commissioner; registration fee; renewal blank and notice.
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456.532 Permit for registration required; acquisition of controlling interest in cemetery company; application for certificate of approval; contents; issuance; fee; nonco
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456.532a Examining affairs of cemetery or person; inspection or audit of books, papers, records, and documents; audit charges.
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456.533 Establishment of cemetery; application for permit; investigation fee; conduct of investigation; notice to commissioner of certain changes; order to void certain a
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456.533a Circumstances causing person to be ineligible as cemetery owner or holder of controlling interest; factors for determining eligibility.
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456.534 Granting or refusing to grant permit; denial of application; procedures.
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456.535 Registration of cemetery; date; application; form; fee; expiration; procedure for denying registration; late penalty filing fee.
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456.535a Witness fee; prohibition.
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456.536 Irrevocable endowment and perpetual care trust fund; establishment and maintenance; commingling prohibited; annual report; application for modification or waiver;
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456.536a Preconstruction sales of crypts or niches.
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456.537 Right to possess space within cemetery; presumption of abandonment; certification; notice; record; remedies; transfer; sale; contract; publication on internet web
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456.538 Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit or registration, and other disciplinary action; grounds; effect; fulfillment of contractual obligations and agreements
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456.539 Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit or registration; notice of intent; hearing; decision.
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456.540 Appeal.
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456.541 Violations; penalties.
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456.542 Repeal.
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456.543 Effective date of act.
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