Massachusetts Code — 114
Browse 79 sections in division 114 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Definitions
- § 1A. Organization of cemetery corporations
- § 1B. Cemetery corporations; liability of directors, officers or trustees
- § 2. Powers and duties of cemetery corporations
- § 2A. Cemetery corporations; disclosure; penalty
- § 3. Cemetery corporations; records of conveyances of burial lots
- § 3A. Cemetery corporations; ownership of unclaimed graves; reuse of occupied graves
- § 4. Cemetery corporations; certified copies of recorded deeds and instruments; evidence
- § 5. Cemetery corporations; trust funds
- § 5A. Cemetery corporations; burials; designated funeral director
- § 5B. Cemetery corporations; notification of certain options for burial services; penalty
- § 5C. Cemetery corporations; fiduciary duty owed to contributors to trust fund
- § 6. Cemetery corporations; cremation
- § 7. Formation and organization of crematory corporations
- § 8. Crematory corporations; acquisition and holding of land in fee
- § 9. By-laws and regulations of cemetery and crematory corporations; conduct of business; violations
- § 10. Town burial places
- § 10A. Municipality ownership of unclaimed graves; reuse of occupied graves
- § 11. Public cemeteries; taking of land for burial purposes; application to county commissioners
- § 12. Public cemeteries; taking of land for burial places; hearing notice
- § 13. Public cemeteries; adjudication by commissioners; taking
- § 14. Public cemeteries; compensation of commissioners acting under petition to take land for burial place
- § 15. Appropriation for enclosing and improving public cemetery; sale or conveyance of burial rights; disposition of proceeds
- § 16. Appropriation for and care of public cemeteries
- § 17. Preservation of ancient burial places
- § 18. Care of neglected burial places within limits of town
- § 19. Deposits for care and improvement of burial places or lots; records; investment of deposits
- § 20. Public cemeteries; depositing funds with state treasurer; copy of instrument; notice to town or city clerk
- § 21. Public cemeteries; investment of funds; interest
- § 22. Town board of cemetery commissioners; election of members
- § 23. Board of cemetery commissioners; powers and duties
- § 24. Board of cemetery commissioners; conveyance of burial lots; record; fee
- § 25. Board of cemetery commissioners; gifts or bequests for cemeteries; investment of funds; disposition of proceeds of sales of lots or burial rights
- § 26. Board of cemetery commissioners; limit of debts or liabilities; annual report
- § 27. Appointment of board of cemetery commissioners; powers and duties
- § 28. Conveyance of cemetery lots or interest in lots in trust for preservation as memorial; rights of heirs of owner; control over lot or interest in lot
- § 29. Indivisible character of cemetery lots; vesting; limitations and conditions; right of interment; designation of representation of lot; record
- § 30. Hearing as to representation of cemetery lot or tomb
- § 31. Descent of family cemetery lot to heirs
- § 32. Right of person to interment; release
- § 33. Right of husband to interment
- § 34. Use of land for burial; new cemeteries or extensions; approval of board of health; description of land
- § 35. Lands to be used for burial; approval
- § 36. Use of cemeteries; appeal from order of board of health; hearing
- § 37. Use of cemeteries; regulations by local boards of health; notice
- § 38. Closing of tombs, burial ground or cemetery; hearing; notice
- § 39. Owner of tomb; appeal from order of board of health
- § 40. Use of cemeteries; jury trial; rescission of order; costs and double costs
- § 41. Laying out or constructing public ways in, upon or through burial places; authority
- § 42. Passage through cemeteries
- § 42A. Visitation hours of cemeteries
- § 42B. Commercial use of cemeteries; consent; penalties
- § 43. Buildings upon burial places
- § 43A. Ownership, maintenance and operation of cemeteries; private profit
- § 43B. Sale of cemetery lots and plots for speculative purposes
- § 43C. Disposition of proceeds of sales of cemetery lots and plots; liquidation of indebtedness
- § 43D. Location of community mausoleums; exceptions
- § 43E. New community mausoleums; plans and specifications; approval; construction
- § 43F. Community mausoleums; construction; supervision
- § 43G. Use of community mausoleum prior to completion; care and improvement fund
- § 43H. Sale of community mausoleum prior to completion
- § 43I. Removal of bodies constituting menace to public health
- § 43J. Permanent care and improvement fund for community mausoleums
- § 43K. Custodian of fund; administration and investment
- § 43L. Abating or enjoining nuisance
- § 43M. Permanent disposition of dead bodies or remains
- § 43N. Penalties; violations of this chapter
- § 43O. Sale of monuments for cemetery lots by cemetery corporations
- § 44. Cremation of bodies
- § 44A. Receptacles for cremated remains; caskets
- § 45. Burial permits; permits for removal of bodies; certificates of death; deceased veterans
- § 45A. Funeral director's name used in connection with death certificate or burial permit
- § 46. Permit for burial of bodies brought into commonwealth; certificate; recording
- § 46A. Veterans; burial; affidavit; veteran graves officer
- § 47. Certificates for burial, removal or cremation; indorsement of coupon accompanying permit; record
- § 48. Cremation; certificates for burial
- § 49. Licensing of funeral directors; revocation or suspension; hearing; fees; permits
- § 50. Penalty; violations of Secs. 44 to 48
- § 51. Embalming fluid