Vermont § 5303 - Policy declared The object, purposes, and activities of a cemetery shall be restricted to those acts only that are necessary to enable it to accomplish the purposes for which it is created
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§ 5303. Policy declared The object, purposes, and activities of a cemetery shall be restricted to those acts only that are necessary to enable it to accomplish the purposes for which it is created
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It shall not be conducted for the purpose of private gain either directly or indirectly
to any of the members of the agencies engaged in such business. Lawfully organized
cemeteries may be conducted and operated by those agencies now engaged in their conduct
and operation, by churches, by religious and ecclesiastical societies, by cemetery
associations incorporated as provided in this chapter, and by no others. However,
this chapter is not intended to apply to any agency organized, existing, and operating
the business of a cemetery prior to June 1, 1933, under any existing law, nor to affect
any vested rights acquired thereunder. Insofar, however, as the provisions of this
chapter do not violate any vested rights, so acquired, it shall apply to all such
agencies. (Amended 2023, No. 6, § 166, eff. July 1, 2023.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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