New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Chapter VI - Division of Cemeteries
Part 201 - Cemetery Operations
Section 201.6 - Sale of outer containers

(1) the customer must have purchased a lot after January 1, 1985;

(2) the requirement must be stated prominently in writing and a written statement must be given to the customer in advance of the signing of the agreement to purchase a grave or lot;

(3) only a concrete grave liner or a concrete burial vault of the type and grade which conforms to the following minimum specifications may be required:

(4) should a lot owner, a person with burial rights or a representative of one about to be interred express objection to the use of the required concrete burial vault or grave liner at the time of interment based upon a religious belief, the cemetery must, without question, cancel the requirement that a concrete vault or concrete grave liner be used; provided, however, that the cemetery may impose at the time of interment a reasonable fee for the periodic refilling of the grave after receiving approval of the Cemetery Board for that fee;

(5) a plot owner may purchase the prescribed grave liner from any source including the cemetery; and

(6) a cemetery may not sell burial vaults.