New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Chapter VI - Division of Cemeteries
Part 201 - Cemetery Operations
Section 201.15 - Authorization to inter

Universal Citation: 19 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 201.15

Current through Register Vol. 45, No. 52, December 27, 2023

(a) An authorization to inter a body is a written statement subscribed by the lot owner in accordance with the rules and regulations of the cemetery corporation. Such authorization when signed by the lot owner shall include the right to memorialize, which right shall belong to the person having the right to possession of the body.

(b) The right of memorialization may be restricted to the number, size, shape, material, color, inscription or reasonable placement of monuments, according to the generally accepted plan of the cemetery and the rules and regulations of the cemetery corporation or association duly approved by the Cemetery Board; and, where the lot is owned by a membership corporation, association or society which provides burial benefits for its members, according to the rules, regulations or established practices of such corporation, association or society.

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