Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 214 – Cemeteries | Midpage214.010Local government may acquire and dispose of cemeteries within boundaries — authority to regulate — penalties214.020City may establish perpetual care cemetery fund — receive gifts — limitation on use of income from fund214.030Cemetery lots, conveyed by deed214.035Conveyance of cemetery property to political subdivision, when — notice of transfer214.040Plots and records of cemeteries to be maintained, where — requirements214.041Construction of roads prohibited in cemetery — exceptions214.050Power to vacate streets vested in county commissions214.060Petition to be presented to county commission — remonstrance may be filed214.070Terms defined214.080Proceedings to enlarge214.090Family burying grounds, how secured214.120Costs, who liable for214.130County commission and incorporated cemetery company to receive grants and bequests in trust214.131Tombstones, fences, destroying or mutilating in abandoned family or private cemetery, penalty — abandoned or private burying ground, defined214.132Visiting abandoned family or private burying ground surrounded by private property, right of access, when, enforcement by sheriff — court's power to disinter214.140Property placed in trust for benefit of cemeteries214.150County commissions shall become trustees and custodians214.160Investment or lending of trust funds — investment manager, duties — definitions214.170May designate responsible organization or individual to administer the income214.180Shall keep record of receipts and disbursements214.190Cemetery not subject to execution, dower or partition — exception214.200Title, how obtained to lands used for burial purposes214.205Violation of nuisance ordinance — abandonment — action authorized — costs — eminent domain214.208Disinterment authorized, when — consent required, when — cemetery owner not liable, when214.209Abandonment of burial site, rights revert to cemetery214.210Certain cities may accept or acquire cemetery lands214.220Lands or shares subject to all vested rights214.230City may acquire money or funds, how214.240City may provide and enforce rules and regulations214.250Proceedings to establish cemetery in first class counties — petition by taxpayers214.260Penalty for violation214.270Definitions214.275License, cemeteries — division's powers and duties — limitations214.276Refusal to issue license, grounds — complaint, procedure214.277Injunctions, restraining orders, other court remedies available — venue214.280Election to operate as endowed care cemetery filing with division of registration, form — fee — deposit of fee — division's powers and duties — rules authorized214.282Voidability of contracts, exceptions214.283Notification of burial lands — registry of cemeteries to be kept by division — fee may be charged for copies — surveyor locating unregistered cemetery to file with division, form214.300Nonendowed cemetery may qualify as endowed, when — minimum care and maintenance fund to be established214.310Endowed care and maintenance fund, minimum amount — bond — posting of sign, when, information required214.320Deposits in fund required, amount — annual report, form furnished by division — audits may be conducted, when — exemption from chapter 436 requirements, when214.325Required deposits — deficiency — effect — penalty214.330Endowed care fund held in trust or segregated account — requirements — duties of trustee or independent investment advisor — operator's duties — endowed care fund agreement214.335Contributions to endowed care fund for memorial or monument — deficiency, effect of214.340Report required — content — oath — filing required214.345Sale of cemetery plot — written statement to be given to purchaser — copy of annual report to be available to public214.360Private use of trust funds prohibited214.363Bankruptcy, assignment for benefit of creditors, endowed care fund exempt214.365Cemetery failing to provide maintenance — abandonment or ceasing to operate, division's duties214.367Sale of assets, notice required — prospective purchaser of endowed care cemetery, right to recent audit — right to continue operation, notification by division214.370Nonendowed cemetery to post signs and give notice of its character214.380Nonendowed section of endowed care cemetery — signs and notice214.385Moving of grave marker, replacement — delivery of item of burial merchandise214.387Burial merchandise or services, deferral of delivery, when — escrow arrangement — distribution of moneys — cancellation214.389Suspension of distribution, when, procedure214.390Existing cemeteries to operate under law — local law applicable214.392Division of professional registration, duties and powers in regulation of cemeteries — rulemaking authority214.400Citation of law214.410Violation of law, penalty214.450Indian cemeteries, how established — trust fund authorized214.455Destruction or defacing any cemetery property, penalty214.500Cemeteries acquired by a city at tax sales or as nuisances may be sold214.504No liability for new cemetery operators, when — rights of holders of contracts for burial214.508Previous cemetery owner liable, when214.512New cemetery owner not liable for deficiencies, exception214.516Registration as an endowed care cemetery, when — compliance with endowed care cemetery law required214.550Scatter gardens, operation by churches maintaining religious cemeteries — maintenance of garden and records, duty of operator