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NV Rev Stat § 452.210 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.210 - Construction of mausoleum, vault or crypt: Adoption and enforcement of regulations of State Board of Health; approval of plans and specifications.

  1. A person shall not build, construct or erect any mausoleum, vault, crypt or structure intended to hold or contain dead human bodies, which shall be wholly or partially above the surface of the ground, except in compliance with the regulations of the State Board of Health governing their location, materials and construction. The State Board of Health may adopt and, except as provided in subsection 2, the Division shall enforce such regulations.  2. An incorporated city or a county which:  (a) Has a building or public works department; and  (b) Has adopted a nationally recognized building code, entirely or with variations,  shall enforce within its respective city limits or unincorporated areas any regulations pertaining to the construction of mausoleums, vaults, crypts or other similar structures, as adopted by the State Board of Health under subsection 1, and shall exercise such enforcement, including supervisory control, instead of the Division and any district board of health.  3. Before commencing the building, construction or erection of a mausoleum, vault, crypt or other similar structure, full detailed plans and specifications of the structure shall be presented to the Division for its examination and approval. The approval of the plans and specifications of the structure shall be evidenced by a certificate in writing signed by the Chief Medical Officer.  [1:21:1931; 1931 NCL § 4085] — (NRS A 1963, 964; 1971, 2075; 1977, 167)
NV Rev Stat § 452.220 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.220 - Requirements for construction of crypt or catacomb.

All crypts or catacombs placed in a mausoleum, vault or other burial structure, as described in NRS 452.210, shall be so constructed that all parts thereof may be readily examined by the Division, or any other health officer, and such crypts or catacombs, when used for the permanent interment of a deceased body or bodies, shall be so hermetically sealed that no offensive odor or effluvia may escape therefrom.  [2:21:1931; 1931 NCL § 4085.01] — (NRS A 1963, 964)
NV Rev Stat § 452.230 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.230 - Supervision of construction: Inspector; final certificate.

  1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 452.210, the Division shall have supervisory control over the construction of any mausoleum, vault or crypt, and shall:  (a) See that the approved plans and specifications are in all respects complied with.  (b) Appoint an inspector under whose supervision the mausoleum, vault or crypt shall be erected.  (c) Determine the amount of compensation of the inspector. The compensation shall be paid by the person erecting such mausoleum, vault or crypt.  2. No departure or deviation from the original plans and specifications is permitted except upon approval of the Division, evidenced in the same manner as the approval of the original plans and specifications.  3. A mausoleum, vault, crypt or structure shall not be used to hold any dead body until a final certificate is obtained indicating compliance with the plans and specifications as filed. The certificate must be signed either by the Chief Medical Officer for the Division or by the head of the local building or public works department, depending upon which division or department supervised the construction under NRS 452.210.  [3:21:1931; A 1933, 26; 1931 NCL § 4085.02] — (NRS A 1963, 964; 1971, 2076; 1977, 168; 2013, 3061)
NV Rev Stat § 452.235 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.235 - Certificate of occupancy required before use.

A cemetery authority shall not use any crypt or niche for the entombment or inurnment of human remains unless a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the State Board of Health or the local building or public works department, depending upon which authority supervised the construction under NRS 452.210, for the occupancy of any such crypt or niche.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 2072; A 1993, 2607)
NV Rev Stat § 452.240 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.240 - Removal of bodies when structure becomes danger to public health; payment of expenses of reinterment.

  1. Whenever any mausoleum, vault, crypt or structure heretofore erected, and containing one or more deceased human bodies, shall, in the opinion of the Division, become a menace to public health, any court of competent jurisdiction may order the person, firm or corporation owning the structure to remove the deceased body or bodies for interment in some suitable cemetery at the expense of the person, firm or corporation owning such mausoleum, vault or crypt.  2. If no such person, firm or corporation can be found in the county where such mausoleum, vault or crypt may be located, then such removal and interment shall be at the expense of the cemetery or cemetery association, county, city or town where such mausoleum, vault or crypt may be situated.  [4:21:1931; 1931 NCL § 4085.03] — (NRS A 1963, 965)
NV Rev Stat § 452.250 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.250 - Deposit of money required by NRS 452.120.

There shall be deposited with the board of trustees or board of directors of any cemetery corporation or association where the mausoleum, vault or crypt is to be erected the amount provided for in NRS 452.120.  [5:21:1931; A 1933, 26; 1951, 357] — (NRS A 1961, 117; 1971, 2076)
NV Rev Stat § 452.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.270 - Penalty.

Any person, any member of a firm, or any officer or director of a corporation failing to comply with each and every provision of NRS 452.210 to 452.250, inclusive, shall be personally liable therefor, and is guilty of a misdemeanor.  [6:21:1931; 1931 NCL § 4085.05] — (NRS A 1967, 584; 1971, 2077)
NV Rev Stat § 452.285 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.285 - Inalienability of lot or plat transferred from nonprofit corporation to individual holders; release of interest; restrictions on interment.

  1. Whenever the cemetery lands and property of any nonprofit corporation governed by the provisions of chapter 82 of NRS formed for the purpose of procuring and holding lands to be used exclusively for a cemetery or place of burial of the dead are laid off into lots or plats, and the lots or plats, or any of them, are transferred to individual holders, and after there has been an interment in a lot or plat so transferred, the lot or plat, from the time of the interment, is forever thereafter inalienable, and, upon the death of the holder or proprietor thereof, descends to the heirs at law of the holder or proprietor, and to their heirs at law forever. Any one or more of the heirs at law may release to any other of the heirs at law his or her or their interest in the lot or plat, on such conditions as are agreed on and specified in the release, which must be recorded with the county recorder of the county within which the cemetery is situated.  2. The body of any deceased person must not be interred in such a lot or plat, unless it is the body of a person having, at the time of the person’s decease, an interest in the lot or plat, or the relative of some person having such an interest, or the spouse of such a person, or the spouse’s relative, except by the consent of all persons having an interest in the lot or plat.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1316)
NV Rev Stat § 452.300 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.300 - Unlawful to make or open road through cemetery or deposit material within cemetery without consent; penalties.

  1. Every person who makes or opens any road, or constructs any railway, turnpike, canal or other public easement over, through, in or upon such part of any cemetery without authority of law or the consent of the cemetery authority or owner thereof is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.  2. Every person who deposits any material in or upon any cemetery without written consent from the owner of the cemetery or the cemetery authority or without a court order is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.  [1911 C&P § 212; RL § 6477; NCL § 10160] — (NRS A 2005, 500)
NV Rev Stat § 452.305 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.305 - Unlawful to damage or destroy property in cemetery or disturb contents of grave, tomb or crypt; penalty; restitution; civil liability.

  1. A person who:  (a) Willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces or injures any tomb, monument, gravestone, building or other structure placed in any cemetery;  (b) Willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces or injures any fence, railing or other work for the protection or ornament of any cemetery or any tomb, monument, gravestone, or any structure, plat or lot within the cemetery;  (c) Willfully destroys, cuts, breaks or injures any tree, shrub or plant within the limits of any cemetery; or  (d) Willfully disturbs the contents of any grave, tomb or crypt in a cemetery,  is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution to the owner of the cemetery, cemetery authority or board of county commissioners of the county in which the cemetery is located, as appropriate, including payment of any costs to reinter or redeposit the contents of any grave, tomb or crypt that were removed or disturbed by the person.  2. Any money paid for restitution pursuant to subsection 1 must be applied by the trustees, owner of the cemetery, cemetery authority or board of county commissioners of the county in which the cemetery is located, as appropriate, to repair or restore the property which was destroyed or injured and to conduct any reinterment or redeposit for which costs were ordered pursuant to subsection 1.  3. This section does not relieve any person from civil liability for engaging in an unlawful act pursuant to this section.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1316; A 2005, 500)
NV Rev Stat § 452.3055 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.3055 - Unlawful to remove objects from cemetery without consent or to possess or traffic in objects unlawfully removed; penalty; restitution; civil liability; exceptions.

  1. It is unlawful for a person to:  (a) Remove willfully any tomb, monument, gravestone, fencing, building or other structure placed in a cemetery, or any portion of the tomb, monument, gravestone, fencing, building or structure, without written authorization from a member of the immediate family or a lineal descendent of the deceased, the owner of the cemetery or cemetery authority, the board of county commissioners of the county where the cemetery is located or a court order;  (b) Possess any tomb, monument, gravestone, fencing, building or other structure removed from a cemetery, or any portion of the tomb, monument, gravestone, fencing, building or structure, if the person knows it has been unlawfully removed from a cemetery; or  (c) Sell, offer or attempt to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any tomb, monument, gravestone, fencing, building or other structure placed in a cemetery, or any portion of the tomb, monument, gravestone, fencing, building or structure, if the person knows it has been unlawfully removed from a cemetery.  2. A person who violates any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution to the owner of the cemetery, the cemetery authority or the board of county commissioners of the county in which the cemetery is located, as appropriate.  3. A person who is paid money for restitution pursuant to subsection 2 shall use the money to repair or restore the property that was removed from the cemetery.  4. This section does not relieve any person from civil liability for engaging in an unlawful act pursuant to this section.  5. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person acting in the course of a medical or archeological study or criminal investigation or in carrying out the professional mortuary duties of the person.  (Added to NRS by 2005, 499)
NV Rev Stat § 452.310 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.310 - Certificate of authority: Requirement; application and supporting documents; filing fee and other fees; provision of information to Administrator.

  1. No person may engage in the business of operating a cemetery in this state without first obtaining a certificate of authority from the Board.  2. Applications for a certificate of authority to operate a cemetery must be filed with the Board. Each application must be accompanied by:  (a) A filing fee of $1,000 and any other fees related to the application. No part of the fees is refundable.  (b) A copy, certified by the proper officials, of the:  (1) Articles of incorporation, if any.  (2) Bylaws of the corporation, if any.  (3) Application to the city or county planning commission for a use permit or the rezoning for the proposed cemetery.  (4) Land use or zoning permit.  (5) Declaration of dedication of land to cemetery purposes.  (6) Deed, contract of purchase or other document which provides the applicant with merchantable title to the land dedicated.  (7) Endowment care trust fund agreement executed by the proper officers of the cemetery authority.  (c) A statement, executed by the proper officers of the applicant, setting forth:  (1) If the applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of the board of directors and officers.  (2) If the applicant is not a corporation, the names and addresses of the natural persons in charge.  (3) The names and addresses of the trustees of the endowment care fund.  (4) The name and address of the person in charge of sales.  The statement must contain a description of the general character, experience and fitness to engage in the cemetery business for each person named.  (d) A complete, detailed and audited financial statement showing assets, liabilities and reserve.  (e) An itemized statement of all estimated receipts and expenditures for the succeeding 2-year period or such other period as may be required by the Board.  (f) A map of the proposed cemetery in such detail and size as may be required by the Board.  (g) A statement of the proposed plan of operation in such detail as may be required by the Board.  (h) A statement of the amount deposited in the endowment care fund and the type of investment made of such amount.  (i) A statement from the depository showing the deposit in the endowment care fund of the amount required by NRS 452.120 and 452.130.  (j) Such other information as may be required by written notice from the Board.  3. Upon request, the Board shall provide to the Administrator a copy of the following information contained in an application for a certificate of authority filed with the Board pursuant to this section:  (a) The endowment care trust fund agreement;  (b) The names and addresses of the trustees of the endowment care fund; and  (c) The statements described in paragraphs (h) and (i) of subsection 2.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 2063; A 1993, 2607; 2003, 1280)
NV Rev Stat § 452.330 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.330 - Content of financial statement.

  1. If the applicant is a new corporation, the financial statement required by NRS 452.310 shall designate the amount of stock subscribed, the consideration paid for all stock issued and the amount of promotional stock involved.  2. If the applicant has had prior experience in the cemetery business, the financial statement required by NRS 452.310 shall include complete profit and loss statements for the preceding 3 years or, if the applicant has been in such business for less than 3 years, then for such period.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 2064)
NV Rev Stat § 452.340 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.340 - Certificate of authority: Issuance; duration.

  1. If the Board finds that the proposed cemetery authority has in good faith complied with all lawful requirements, it shall within 30 days issue a certificate of authority for the operation of a cemetery.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 642.069, the certificate of authority is valid for 6 months from the date of issuance, and if the cemetery authority has not begun operations within that time the certificate expires unless the Board has, for good cause, extended the period. No such extension may be given for more than 6 months from the date of extension.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 2064; A 1993, 2608; 2015, 1971)
NV Rev Stat § 452.350 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.350 - Regulations of cemetery authority.

A cemetery authority may:  1. Adopt, amend and enforce rules and regulations for the use, care, control, management, restriction and protection of its property;  2. Restrict and limit the use of all property within its cemetery;  3. Regulate the uniformity of erections within its cemetery;  4. Regulate, prohibit or remove monuments, effigies and structures within any portion of its cemetery;  5. Prohibit the introduction of plants and shrubs within its cemetery;  6. Regulate or prohibit, for good cause, the use of any portion of its cemetery for interment, entombment or inurnment; and  7. Regulate the conduct of persons and prevent improper assemblages within its cemetery.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 2065)
NV Rev Stat § 452.360 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.360 - Map of cemetery: Requirements; content; inspection.

  1. A cemetery authority, when additional property is required for interment, entombment or inurnment purposes, shall make maps showing:  (a) If land, the location of graves, monuments, markers, memorials, vaults, crypts, thoroughfares and plots, with descriptive names where applicable.  (b) If a mausoleum, crematory or columbarium, the location of halls, rooms, corridors, elevations and other divisions, with descriptive names where applicable.  2. The maps required by subsection 1 shall:  (a) Be kept on cemetery land in an office of the cemetery authority.  (b) Open to inspection by authorized and interested persons.  (c) Show and facilitate the location of all bodies or human remains interred, entombed or inurned in the cemetery.  (d) Show the name of the owner of each lot, vault, crypt, niche or other repository in the cemetery, mausoleum or columbarium.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 2065)
NV Rev Stat § 452.410 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.410 - Certificate of occupancy required before sale of crypt or niche; exceptions.

  1. Except as may otherwise be specifically authorized in writing by the Administrator, after the Division’s written approval of plans and specifications for the construction of a mausoleum or columbarium, no cemetery authority or person on behalf of such cemetery authority shall sell, offer for sale, contract to sell or negotiate the sale of a crypt or niche in any such advertised or projected structure before receiving a certificate of occupancy, unless the cemetery authority:  (a) Provides a bond, if deemed necessary by the Administrator, in favor of the State of Nevada in an amount which is sufficient to cover the amount of sales commission that has been received from the buyer until the structure is completed and complies with paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subsection; or  (b) Is able to provide a certificate of ownership for existing crypts or niches of comparable value to the one sold and includes a provision in each contract of sale that the purchaser has the right of exchange for an existing crypt or niche of comparable value; and  (c) Deposits the net proceeds, remaining after payment of the sales commission, collected on the sale of such crypts or niches, into a trust for the purpose of the construction of the projected or advertised mausoleum or columbarium; and  (d) Has provisions for satisfactory temporary entombment or interment, acceptable to the contract purchaser or the representative of the deceased contract beneficiary, pending completion of construction and delivery of the approved crypt or niche, when sold by reference to construction plans and specifications, in accordance with the terms of the sales contract.  2. Each contract for the sale of a mausoleum crypt or niche before a certificate of occupancy is obtained shall contain a provision substantially stating: "If the seller at any time finds himself or herself unable to fulfill this agreement owing to an act of God, strike, riot, order of civil or military authority or to any other unforeseen contingency, he or she shall return to the purchaser all moneys that may have been paid hereunder, and this agreement thereupon shall be void."  (Added to NRS by 1971, 2065)
NV Rev Stat § 452.590 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.590 - Acquisition of existing cemetery authority: Requirements and fees for certificate of approval.

  1. A person who proposes to purchase or acquire control of an existing cemetery authority, either by purchase of the outstanding capital stock of a cemetery authority or the interest of the owner or owners, and thereby to change the control of the cemetery authority, shall first make application to the Board for a certificate of approval of the proposed change of control in the cemetery authority.  2. The application must contain the name and address of the proposed new owners, and the Board may only issue a certificate of approval after it is reasonably satisfied that the proposed new owners are qualified by character, experience and business and financial reputability and responsibility to control and operate the cemetery in a suitable and proper manner, and that the interest of the public generally will not be jeopardized by the proposed change in ownership and management. The Board shall not issue a certificate of approval without the approval of the Administrator.  3. The application must be accompanied by a filing and investigation fee of $250 and any other fees related to the application. No part of the fees is refundable.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 2071; A 1993, 2609; 2003, 1281)
NV Rev Stat § 452.610 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.610 - Penalty.

In addition to any other penalty provided for in NRS 452.001 to 452.610, inclusive, any person who violates any provision of NRS 452.001 to 452.610, inclusive, or any regulation adopted or administrative order entered pursuant to those sections, for which a greater penalty is not otherwise provided by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 2072; A 1993, 2754; 2003, 1282; 2017, 1206)
NV Rev Stat § 452.640 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.640 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 452.640 to 452.740, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:  1. "Administrator" means the Commissioner of Insurance.  2. "Cemetery authority" means a person who owns or controls any real property dedicated for use as a cemetery for pets pursuant to NRS 452.655, and who operates a cemetery for pets on that property.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2749)
NV Rev Stat § 452.645 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 452 - Cemeteries|NRS 452.645 - Applicability of provisions.

The provisions of:  1. NRS 452.650 to 452.700, inclusive, do not apply to cemeteries containing human remains only.  2. NRS 452.655 to 452.700, inclusive, do not apply to the operation of a cemetery for pets existing on October 1, 1993, unless the property on which the cemetery is located is dedicated for use as a cemetery for pets pursuant to NRS 452.655.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2749)