(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Care and maintenance” means the continual maintenance of the cemetery grounds and graves in keeping with a properly maintained cemetery;(2) (A) “Cemetery” means any land or a structure in this state dedicated to and used or intended to be used for interment of human remains.(B) “Cemetery” includes a burial park for earth interments, a mausoleum for vault or crypt interments, or a combination of one (1) or more burial parks or mausoleums;(3) “Cemetery company” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or association, now or hereafter organized, owning or controlling cemetery lands or property and conducting the business of a cemetery or making an application with the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services to own or control the lands or conduct the business;(4) “Columbarium” means a structure or room or space in a building or structure used or intended to be used for the interment of cremated human remains;(5) “Crypt” means a chamber of sufficient size to inter the remains of a deceased person;(6) “Infant interment garden” means a designated area in a perpetual care cemetery for the interments of infants and children no more than twenty-four (24) months of age;(7) “Interment” means the lawful disposition of the remains of a deceased person as provided by law;(8) “Lawn crypt” means an interment space sometimes referred to as a “belowground crypt”, “westminister”, or “turf top crypt” in a preplaced chamber or burial vault either side-by-side or at multiple depths, covered by earth and sod;(9) “Lot or grave space” means a space of ground in a cemetery used or intended to be used for interment therein;(10) “Mausoleum” means a community-type structure or room or space in a building or structure used or intended to be used for the interment of human remains in crypts or niches;(11) “Niche” means a space in a columbarium that is used or intended to be used for the interment of the cremated remains of one (1) or more deceased persons;(12) “Permit holder” means a cemetery company that holds a permit issued by the board to own or operate a perpetual care cemetery; (13) “Perpetual care cemetery” means a cemetery for the benefit of which a permanent maintenance fund has been established in accordance with this subchapter; and(14) “Properly maintained” means, with regard to a perpetual care cemetery, provided care and maintenance services, including without limitation:(A) Mowing the grass of the perpetual care cemetery;(B) Weed trimming around lots or grave space and fences or property lines of the perpetual care cemetery;(C) Emptying trash receptacles located at the perpetual care cemetery; and(D) Removing excess dirt, tree limbs, leaves, trash, and other debris from the grounds of the perpetual care cemetery.
(1) “Care and maintenance” means the continual maintenance of the cemetery grounds and graves in keeping with a properly maintained cemetery;
(2) (A) “Cemetery” means any land or a structure in this state dedicated to and used or intended to be used for interment of human remains.(B) “Cemetery” includes a burial park for earth interments, a mausoleum for vault or crypt interments, or a combination of one (1) or more burial parks or mausoleums;
(A) “Cemetery” means any land or a structure in this state dedicated to and used or intended to be used for interment of human remains.
(B) “Cemetery” includes a burial park for earth interments, a mausoleum for vault or crypt interments, or a combination of one (1) or more burial parks or mausoleums;
(3) “Cemetery company” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or association, now or hereafter organized, owning or controlling cemetery lands or property and conducting the business of a cemetery or making an application with the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services to own or control the lands or conduct the business;
(4) “Columbarium” means a structure or room or space in a building or structure used or intended to be used for the interment of cremated human remains;
(5) “Crypt” means a chamber of sufficient size to inter the remains of a deceased person;
(6) “Infant interment garden” means a designated area in a perpetual care cemetery for the interments of infants and children no more than twenty-four (24) months of age;
(7) “Interment” means the lawful disposition of the remains of a deceased person as provided by law;
(8) “Lawn crypt” means an interment space sometimes referred to as a “belowground crypt”, “westminister”, or “turf top crypt” in a preplaced chamber or burial vault either side-by-side or at multiple depths, covered by earth and sod;
(9) “Lot or grave space” means a space of ground in a cemetery used or intended to be used for interment therein;
(10) “Mausoleum” means a community-type structure or room or space in a building or structure used or intended to be used for the interment of human remains in crypts or niches;
(11) “Niche” means a space in a columbarium that is used or intended to be used for the interment of the cremated remains of one (1) or more deceased persons;
(12) “Permit holder” means a cemetery company that holds a permit issued by the board to own or operate a perpetual care cemetery;
(13) “Perpetual care cemetery” means a cemetery for the benefit of which a permanent maintenance fund has been established in accordance with this subchapter; and
(14) “Properly maintained” means, with regard to a perpetual care cemetery, provided care and maintenance services, including without limitation:(A) Mowing the grass of the perpetual care cemetery;(B) Weed trimming around lots or grave space and fences or property lines of the perpetual care cemetery;(C) Emptying trash receptacles located at the perpetual care cemetery; and(D) Removing excess dirt, tree limbs, leaves, trash, and other debris from the grounds of the perpetual care cemetery.
(A) Mowing the grass of the perpetual care cemetery;
(B) Weed trimming around lots or grave space and fences or property lines of the perpetual care cemetery;
(C) Emptying trash receptacles located at the perpetual care cemetery; and
(D) Removing excess dirt, tree limbs, leaves, trash, and other debris from the grounds of the perpetual care cemetery.