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Chapter 452

Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 452

Cemeteries

452.001Applicability of provisions 452.002Adverse use by public presumptive evidence of dedication as public cemetery 452.003Definitions 452.004“Administrator” defined 452.0055“Board” defined 452.007“Buyer” defined 452.0075“Cemetery” defined 452.008“Cemetery authority” defined 452.0085“Division” defined 452.0087“Endowment care cemetery” defined 452.018“Sales commission” defined 452.019“Seller” defined 452.023“Unitrust” defined 452.025Regulations of Administrator 452.026Regulations of Board 452.027Cooperation and exchange of information between Administrator and Board 452.030Owner to keep cemetery in orderly condition; enforcement authority of board of county commissioners, district attorney and relative of person interred; exceptions 452.050Authority to provide endowment care; permit from Administrator; exempt cemeteries; handling of funds 452.060Investment of principal of funds: Disposition of income; separate records for funds required; duties of trustee; authority of cemetery authority to operate fund as unitrust or change method, rate or frequency of disbursements 452.070Authority may collect fee from purchaser of plot for maintenance of cemetery 452.080Agreement for endowment care 452.090Agreement concerning maintenance of plot 452.100Trustees of endowment care fund: Appointment; right of director to serve; limitation on compensation; appointment of bank or trust company as sole trustee 452.110Bequests to fund; fund and contributions for charitable purposes; gifts not invalidated by uncertainty of beneficiaries; fund not subject to rule against perpetuities 452.120Requirements for deposit by endowment care cemetery 452.130Additional deposit required before disposition of plot 452.140Endowment care cemetery may contain area without endowment care; requirements 452.150Requirements for endowment or nonendowment care cemetery: Posting of signs; heading and contents; notice of nonendowment care on contracts and publications; revision and verification of signs and report 452.160Use of funds; authorized investments; annual financial statements 452.165Operation of endowment care fund as unitrust: Written investment policy; maximum amount of disbursements; trustee prohibited from making disbursement in certain circumstances; authority of Administrator to prohibit disbursement 452.170Endowment care fund: Acceptance of gifts; uses; contributions for charitable purposes; gifts not invalidated by uncertainty of beneficiaries; rule against perpetuities inapplicable 452.180Misrepresentations concerning endowment care fund; penalties; investigation by Administrator; applicability 452.200Liability and penalty for unauthorized use or investment of funds 452.210Construction of mausoleum, vault or crypt: Adoption and enforcement of regulations of State Board of Health; approval of plans and specifications 452.220Requirements for construction of crypt or catacomb 452.230Supervision of construction: Inspector; final certificate 452.235Certificate of occupancy required before use 452.240Removal of bodies when structure becomes danger to public health; payment of expenses of reinterment 452.250Deposit of money required by NRS 452.120 452.270Penalty 452.285Inalienability of lot or plat transferred from nonprofit corporation to individual holders; release of interest; restrictions on interment 452.300Unlawful to make or open road through cemetery or deposit material within cemetery without consent; penalties 452.305Unlawful to damage or destroy property in cemetery or disturb contents of grave, tomb or crypt; penalty; restitution; civil liability 452.3055Unlawful to remove objects from cemetery without consent or to possess or traffic in objects unlawfully removed; penalty; restitution; civil liability; exceptions 452.310Certificate of authority: Requirement; application and supporting documents; filing fee and other fees; provision of information to Administrator 452.330Content of financial statement 452.340Certificate of authority: Issuance; duration 452.350Regulations of cemetery authority 452.360Map of cemetery: Requirements; content; inspection 452.410Certificate of occupancy required before sale of crypt or niche; exceptions 452.590Acquisition of existing cemetery authority: Requirements and fees for certificate of approval 452.610Penalty 452.640Definitions 452.645Applicability of provisions 452.650Adoption of local ordinances 452.655Dedication of property for use as cemetery: Procedure; effect 452.660Dedication of property for use as cemetery: Removal of dedication 452.665Dedication of property for use as cemetery: Priority over encumbrances 452.670Prerequisites to operation of cemetery 452.675Restriction on operation of crematory 452.680Authority of cemetery authority and operator of crematory to dispose of remains when other arrangements have not been made; notice of authority 452.685Trust fund for endowment care: Requirements for deposit 452.690Trust fund for endowment care: Disposition of money received by or on behalf of cemetery authority 452.695Trust fund for endowment care: Receipt of contributions; purposes and validity of fund and contributions 452.700Trust fund for endowment care: Exemption from process of law 452.705Trust fund for endowment care: Minimum sums 452.710Trust fund for endowment care: Trustees 452.715Trust fund for endowment care: Administration 452.720Trust fund for endowment care: Use; deposit and investments; submission of annual financial statement 452.725Additional contributions to cemetery authority in trust: Receipt; use; purposes; validity 452.730Posting and inspection of sign indicating endowment care 452.735Unlawful acts; investigation by Administrator 452.740Violations: Liability; penalty