Chapter 65. Cemeteries

Article 1. Care of Rural Cemeteries

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-1 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-2 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-3 [Repealed]

Article 2. Care of Confederate Cemetery

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-4 State Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety to Furnish Labor

Article 3. Cemeteries For Inmates of County Homes

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-5 County Commissioners May Establish New Cemeteries
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-6 Removal and Reinterment of Bodies

Article 4. Trust Funds For the Care of Cemeteries

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-7 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-8 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-9 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-10 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-11 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-12 [Repealed]

Article 5. Removal of Graves

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-13 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-14 through 65-15 [Repealed]

Article 6. Cemetery Associations

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-16 Land Holdings
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-17 Change of Name of Association Or Corporation
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-17.1 Quorum At Stockholders' Meeting of Certain Nonprofit Cemetery Corporations; Calling Meeting; Amendment of Charter

Article 7. Cemeteries Operated For Private Gain

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-18 through 65-36 Recodified

Article 7a. Funeral and Burial Trust Funds

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-36.1 through 65-36.8 Recodified

Article 8. Municipal Cemeteries

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-37 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-38 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-39 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-40 [Repealed]

Article 8a. Veterans Cemeteries

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-41 Land Acquisition
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-42 Location of Cemeteries
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-43 Definitions
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-43.1 Eligibility For Interment In a State Veterans Cemetery
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-43.2 Proof of Eligibility
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-43.3 Bars to Eligibility
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-43.4 Disinterment
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-43.5 Reinterment
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-43.6 State Veterans Cemeteries Cost
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-44 Days For Burial
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-45 Reserved

Article 9. North Carolina Cemetery Act

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-46 Short Title
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-47 Scope
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-48 Definitions
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-49 The North Carolina Cemetery Commission
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-50 Cemetery Commission; Members, Selection, Quorum
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-51 Principal Office
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-52 Regular and Special Meetings
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-53 Powers
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-53.1 Inspectors
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-54 Annual Budget of Commission; Collection of Funds
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-54.1 Commission Records Are Confidential
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-55 License; Cemetery Company
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-56 Existing Companies; Effect of Article
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-57 Licenses For Sales Organizations, Management Organizations and Brokers
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-58 Licenses For Persons Selling Preneed Grave Space
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-59 Application For a Change of Control; Filing Fee
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-60 Records
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-60.1 Trustees; Qualifications; Examination of Records; Enforcement
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-61 Required Trust Fund For Care and Maintenance; Remedy of Commission For Noncompliance
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-62 Individual Contracts For Care and Maintenance
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-63 Requirements For Perpetual Care Fund
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-64 Deposits to Perpetual Care Fund
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-65 Trust Fund; Financial Reports
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-66 Receipts From Sale of Personal Property Or Services; Trust Account; Penalties
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-67 Applications For License
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-68 License Not Assignable Or Transferable
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-69 Minimum Acreage; Sale Or Disposition of Cemetery Lands
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-70 Construction of Mausoleums and Belowground Crypts; Trust Fund For Receipts From Sale of Preconstruction Crypts; Compliance Requirements
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-71 Penalties
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-72 Burial Without Regard to Race Or Color
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-73 Validation of Certain Deeds For Cemetery Lots Executed By Suspended Corporations

Article 10. Access to and Maintenance of Private Graves and Abandoned Public Cemeteries

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-74 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-75 [Repealed]
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-76 Reserved

Article 11. Minimum Burial Depth

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-77 Minimum Burial Depth
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-78 Reserved
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-79 Reserved
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-80 Reserved
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-81 Reserved
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-82 Reserved
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-83 Reserved
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-84 Reserved

Article 12. Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries

• Part 1. General
• Part 2. Trust Funds For Care of Cemeteries
• Part 3. Access to and Maintenance of Abandoned Or Neglected Cemeteries
• Part 4. Removal of Graves
• Part 5. County Care of Rural Cemeteries