Title 40

NRS 452.650 Adoption of local ordinances. The governing body of a county, city or town may adopt such ordinances for the maintenance and operation of cemeteries for pets and crematories for pets, and for the interment, inurnment and entombment of pets, as it deems appropriate for…

NRS 452.655 Dedication of property for use as cemetery: Procedure; effect. 1. The owner of real property may dedicate any portion of the property for use as a cemetery for pets by recording an acknowledged declaration of that dedication, which must specify the period for which th…

NRS 452.660 Dedication of property for use as cemetery: Removal of dedication. The owner of property dedicated for use as a cemetery for pets may petition the district court of the judicial district where the property is located for the removal of that dedication. The district co…

NRS 452.665 Dedication of property for use as cemetery: Priority over encumbrances. The dedication of property for use as a cemetery for pets pursuant to NRS 452.655 is not defeated or otherwise affected by, and has priority over: 1. Any lien, mortgage or other encumbrance which …

NRS 452.670 Prerequisites to operation of cemetery. A person shall not operate a cemetery for pets unless: 1. The trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery contains a principal sum of not less than that amount required pursuant to NRS 452.705. 2. The cemetery is located o…

NRS 452.675 Restriction on operation of crematory. 1. A person shall not operate a crematory for pets unless the person has a facility with an area designated only for the cremation of pets and which complies with any applicable federal or state statute or regulation or local ord…

NRS 452.680 Authority of cemetery authority and operator of crematory to dispose of remains when other arrangements have not been made; notice of authority. A cemetery authority or an operator of a crematory for pets: 1. May dispose of the remains of any pet which has been left f…

NRS 452.685 Trust fund for endowment care: Requirements for deposit. 1. A cemetery authority shall, before the interment, inurnment or entombment of a pet, require a deposit for the trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery, in addition to any fee charged for the intermen…

NRS 452.690 Trust fund for endowment care: Disposition of money received by or on behalf of cemetery authority. Any money received by or on behalf of a cemetery authority relating to the interment, inurnment or entombment of a pet must be applied to pay the deposit required by NR…

NRS 452.695 Trust fund for endowment care: Receipt of contributions; purposes and validity of fund and contributions. 1. A cemetery authority may receive and hold as a part of or incident to its trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery any real or personal property beque…

NRS 452.700 Trust fund for endowment care: Exemption from process of law. In the absence of fraud, any money in a trust fund for the endowment care of a cemetery for pets held pursuant to NRS 452.690 is exempt from attachment, garnishment or other process of law for the payment o…

NRS 452.705 Trust fund for endowment care: Minimum sums. 1. Each trust fund for the endowment care of a cemetery for pets must contain a principal sum of not less than $25,000. 2. When the trust fund has not less than $75,000 on deposit, the initial $25,000 may be withdrawn. 3. T…

NRS 452.710 Trust fund for endowment care: Trustees. 1. A cemetery authority may appoint a board of trustees of not less than three in number as trustees of its trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery. The members of the board of trustees hold office subject to the dire…

NRS 452.715 Trust fund for endowment care: Administration. 1. The principal of all trust funds for the endowment care of a cemetery must be invested and the income only used for the care, maintenance and embellishment of the cemetery, in accordance with the provisions of law and …

NRS 452.720 Trust fund for endowment care: Use; deposit and investments; submission of annual financial statement. 1. Money held in trust for the endowment care of a cemetery for pets must not be used for any purpose other than to provide, through income only, for the reserves au…

NRS 452.725 Additional contributions to cemetery authority in trust: Receipt; use; purposes; validity. 1. A cemetery authority may also take and hold any property bequeathed, granted, or given to it in trust and apply the principal, or proceeds, or income from the trust to either…

NRS 452.730 Posting and inspection of sign indicating endowment care. 1. Each cemetery for pets shall post in a conspicuous place in each office where sales are conducted and at or near the entrance of the cemetery or its administration building if readily accessible to the publi…

NRS 452.735 Unlawful acts; investigation by Administrator. 1. It is unlawful for a cemetery authority, its officers, employees or agents, or a seller or agent certified or licensed pursuant to NRS 689.450 to 689.595, inclusive, to: (a) Represent that a trust fund for the endowmen…

NRS 452.740 Violations: Liability; penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 452.710 to 452.725, inclusive, or 452.735 is personally liable for the violation and is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2754)