Title XII — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

214.370. Nonendowed cemetery to post signs and give notice of its character. — 1. Every operator of a nonendowed cemetery shall comply with the provisions of this section. 2. Every person subject to this section shall post in a conspicuous place in every office where sales of bur…

214.380. Nonendowed section of endowed care cemetery — signs and notice. — An endowed care cemetery may have within its confines a section which may be sold without endowed care; provided, that such section shall be separately set off from the remainder of the cemetery and provid…

214.385. Moving of grave marker, replacement — delivery of item of burial merchandise. — 1. If the operator of any cemetery or another authorized person moves a grave marker, memorial or monument in the cemetery for any reason, the operator or other authorized person shall replac…

214.387. Burial merchandise or services, deferral of delivery, when — escrow arrangement — distribution of moneys — cancellation. — 1. With the exception of sales made pursuant to section 214.385, all sales of prearranged burial merchandise and services shall be made pursuant to …

214.389. Suspension of distribution, when, procedure. — 1. The division may direct a trustee, financial institution, or escrow agent to suspend distribution from an endowed care trust fund or escrow account if the cemetery operator does not have a current and active cemetery oper…

214.390. Existing cemeteries to operate under law — local law applicable. — Cemeteries existing at the time of the adoption of sections 214.270 to 214.410 shall hereafter be operated subject to the provisions of sections 214.270 to 214.410. Where an ordinance or order is establis…

214.392. Division of professional registration, duties and powers in regulation of cemeteries — rulemaking authority. — 1. The division shall: (1) Recommend prosecution for violations of the provisions of sections 214.270 to 214.410 to the appropriate prosecuting, circuit attorne…

214.400. Citation of law. — Sections 214.270 to 214.410 shall be known as the "Cemetery Endowed Care Trust Fund Law". ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 538 § 1, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al. merged with H.B. 2226, et al. merged with S.B. 754)

214.410. Violation of law, penalty. — 1. Any cemetery operator who shall willfully violate any provisions of sections 214.270 to 214.410 for which no penalty is otherwise prescribed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not to ex…

214.450. Indian cemeteries, how established — trust fund authorized. — Any native American group which is comprised of persons who are members of an Indian organization recognized by the United States pursuant to P.L. 93-638; 95-608, which desires to secure a tribal or group buri…

214.455. Destruction or defacing any cemetery property, penalty. — Every person who shall knowingly destroy, mutilate, disfigure, deface, injure, or remove any tomb, monument, or gravestone, or other structure placed in such cemetery or burial ground or place of burial of any hum…

214.500. Cemeteries acquired by a city at tax sales or as nuisances may be sold. — Any cemetery located in a city which has become the property of such city pursuant to section 214.205 or a public tax sale may be sold to another cemetery operator or a not-for-profit corporation w…

214.504. No liability for new cemetery operators, when — rights of holders of contracts for burial. — Any cemetery operator who purchases a cemetery from a city pursuant to sections 214.500 to 214.516 shall not be liable for any wrongful interments or errors made in the sale of p…

214.508. Previous cemetery owner liable, when. — Any cemetery operator who purchases a cemetery from a city shall not be held liable or responsible for any conditions existing or actions taken which occurred prior to the cemetery operator's purchase from such city; except that, t…

214.512. New cemetery owner not liable for deficiencies, exception. — Any subsequent cemetery owner after a city shall be exempt from the provisions of section 214.325 and section 214.410 for any deficiency existing prior to such city's ownership; except that, such exemption shal…

214.516. Registration as an endowed care cemetery, when — compliance with endowed care cemetery law required. — Any cemetery owner subsequent to a city, regardless of whether such cemetery was previously registered as an endowed care cemetery, held itself out to be an endowed car…

214.550. Scatter gardens, operation by churches maintaining religious cemeteries — maintenance of garden and records, duty of operator. — 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Cremains", the remains of a human corpse after cremation; (2) "Operator", a ch…