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NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-27 - Permit for public mausoleum.

45:27-27 Permit for public mausoleum.  27. a. A public mausoleum shall not be constructed without obtaining a permit from the construction official of the municipality in which it is to be constructed. Failure to issue a permit is reviewable by the appropriate construction board of appeals established pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.). b. Construction shall not begin until detailed plans and specifications of the structure have been approved by the State Department of Community Affairs and the certificate of approval is filed in the office of the municipal enforcing agency where the structure is to be constructed. The State Department of Community Affairs shall not grant a certificate of approval unless it is satisfied that the proposed structure can be operated without constituting a hazard to public health or safety. c. Construction of the structure shall be under the supervision of the municipal construction official, who shall see that the approved plans and specifications are complied with. No departure from the original plans and specifications shall be permitted unless an amended certificate of approval is granted and filed with the construction official of the municipality where the mausoleum is to be constructed. d. A structure constructed under the provisions of this section shall not be used for burial until the construction official of the municipality has issued a certificate indicating that the plans and specifications as filed have been complied with fully and the Building Maintenance Fund for the structure has been established. e. The Department of Community Affairs shall adopt regulations concerning the construction of public mausoleums, which shall conform with the definition of public mausoleum as defined by this act. The regulations shall be the standards adopted in the subcodes of the Uniform Construction Code, or other national model codes or standards, but the commissioner may adopt additional standards if, after a public hearing, the commissioner finds that they are necessary to protect the public interest. A municipality may enact zoning ordinances which provide for reasonable height and setback requirements in keeping with standards established for property immediately abutting a cemetery, but any other ordinance regulating the construction of mausoleums shall be of no effect. f. Private mausoleums shall be constructed in accordance with applicable industry construction code standards and regulations of the cemetery. L.2003,c.261,s.27.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-29 - Multiple owners of interment space.

45:27-29 Multiple owners of interment space.  29. a. When there are two or more owners of an interment space: (1) each individual owner's interest may be transferred only by that owner or that owner's authorized representative; (2) each individual owner has a right of interment in the space. b. When there are two or more owners of an interment space, they may designate one or more of the co-owners to represent them by filing written notice of the designation with the cemetery company. If such a notice has been filed, the cemetery company shall follow the direction of the representative as to interment in the space, and in regard to memorials, embellishments and care for the interment space. In the absence of that notice the cemetery company may rely on the direction of any co-owner as to burial, memorials, embellishments or care and shall not be liable to any person for doing so. L.2003,c.261,s.29.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-30 - Regulations on interment.

45:27-30 Regulations on interment.  30. a. A cemetery company may adopt reasonable regulations on interment. In the absence of regulation, the cemetery company shall allow human remains of the following persons to be interred in an available interment space: (1) a deceased person who at the time of death was an owner of the interment space;  (2) the spouse of the deceased person who owned the interment space at the time of death; and (3) any other person authorized by a written directive of the designated owner of the interment space as provided in subsection b. of section 29 of this act, or if there is no designated owner, by the written directive of any owner. b. The right of a person to be interred in an interment space may be waived in writing. The right terminates if the person is interred elsewhere. c. If more persons have a right to be interred in an interment space than may be interred there, any person with a right to interment in the interment space may be interred in it even though that will make the interment space unavailable to others. d. A person who signs an authorization for the disposition of human remains warrants the truth of the facts stated, the identity of the human remains and the authority to order the disposition. The person shall be liable for damages caused by a false statement or breach of warranty. A cemetery or funeral director shall not be liable for disposition in accordance with the authorization unless it had reasonable notice that the representations were untrue or that the person lacked the right to control the disposition. An action against a cemetery company relating to the disposition of human remains left in its temporary custody shall not be brought more than one year from the date of delivery of the remains to the cemetery company unless otherwise provided by a written contract. L.2003,c.261,s.30.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-31 - Maintenance of interment spaces.

45:27-31 Maintenance of interment spaces.  31. a. Owners of interment spaces, or other interested persons, may maintain their own interment spaces, or provide for maintenance by an independent contractor provided that the maintenance is subject to the supervision of the management of the cemetery company to insure compliance with the rules and regulations of the cemetery. b. The cemetery company may not charge for maintenance by others. The cemetery company may impose a reasonable fee for actual supervision of maintenance if the fee has been filed with the board. L.2003,c.261,s.31.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-32 - Resale of interment space.

45:27-32 Resale of interment space.  32. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, a person shall not purchase an interment space for the sole purpose of resale, and a cemetery company shall not sell an interment space to a person whom it reasonably should know is purchasing an interment space for the purpose of resale. The board may adopt regulations to enforce this subsection. b. A membership or religious corporation or unincorporated association or society may purchase interment spaces in bulk for the purpose of resale, transfer or assignment of interment rights provided that: (1) if the purchase is for 17 interment spaces or more, it has received approval from the board to do so; (2) it sells, gives or assigns the interment spaces only to its members and the interment spaces are intended for the use of its members and their families; (3) at the time it sells, gives or assigns an interment space, it provides notification to the cemetery company for recording;  (4) it designates in writing to the cemetery company an agent with authority to consent to burials in interment spaces owned by it; and (5) it makes the payments to the Maintenance and Preservation Fund required by section 13 of this act. c. If the corporation, association or society fails to meet its obligations under subsection b. of this section, the cemetery company may reclaim the unoccupied interment spaces owned by it in the manner and with the restrictions set by the board. L.2003,c.261,s.32.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-33 - Reclamation of grave, crypt.

45:27-33 Reclamation of grave, crypt.  33. a. A cemetery company may reclaim a grave or crypt if: (1) the cemetery company sold the grave or crypt before December 1, 1971; (2) no provision has been made for the adequate maintenance of the grave or crypt; (3) no burial has been made in the grave or crypt; and (4) no burial has been made for 30 years in the plot that includes the grave or crypt. For the purposes of this section, "adequate maintenance" has been provided if the grave or crypt was sold with perpetual care, endowed care, or a similar level of care, or if the owner of the grave or crypt has made other provision for that care. b. To reclaim a grave or crypt, a cemetery company shall: (1) make a diligent effort to locate the owners and notify them that they may prevent the cemetery from reclaiming the grave or crypt by sending a written objection to the cemetery company within 30 days; (2) if the cemetery company cannot locate the owners, publish a notice in a newspaper circulating in the county in which the grave or crypt is located, directed to the owners as registered in the cemetery company's records, containing the names of each deceased person buried in the plot that includes the grave or crypt and date of each burial, where such information is ascertainable. The notice shall advise that if the owners do not send a written objection within 30 days the grave or crypt will be subject to resale. c. If a written objection has not been filed with the cemetery within 30 days after notice or publication, the cemetery may sell the grave or crypt. The sales price less sales commissions and expenses of sale, but in no event less than three-fourths of the gross sales price, shall be deposited in the Maintenance and Preservation Fund. d. At any time, a person proving ownership of a grave or crypt reclaimed and sold in accordance with this section may either agree to take a comparable grave or crypt in the cemetery or may make application to the board for an order directing the cemetery company to reimburse the owner the proceeds of the sale that were deposited into the Maintenance and Preservation Fund. L.2003,c.261,s.33.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-34 - Lease, transfer of land, interest in land.

45:27-34 Lease, transfer of land, interest in land.  34. a. A cemetery may lease or transfer any land or interest in land dedicated to cemetery purposes if: (1) it has not conveyed any part of the land as graves; (2) it determines that the land or the interest in the land to be transferred is not necessary or not suitable for burial purposes or it determines that the land to be leased will not be necessary for burial purposes during the term of the lease; and (3) the land is owned by a cemetery company and the board approves the transaction as made in good faith and for fair consideration. b. The cemetery may transfer land in which any person has acquired a right of burial, if: (1) the cemetery either refunds to the person who has the right of burial the amount paid for the right or conveys to the person who has the right of burial substantially similar graves in the cemetery; and  (2) the land is owned by a cemetery company and the board approves the transaction as made in good faith and for fair consideration. c. A cemetery may transfer land in which human remains have been buried only if the cemetery: (1) receives consent from the owner of each grave in which human remains have been buried or an order from the Superior Court to remove the human remains; (2) removes the human remains and reburies them in substantially similar graves in the cemetery or in another cemetery and assumes the responsibility and expense for removal and reburial; (3) removes any property of the owner from the grave and gives it to the owner; and (4) if owned by a cemetery company, obtains the written consent of the board. d. The Superior Court shall not approve the removal of human remains from lands to be transferred unless notice and an opportunity to be heard in opposition has been given to the owners of all affected graves. If the owner of a grave is not known or cannot be located, the court may order notice by publication.  e. The deed of conveyance for any transfer of cemetery land under this section shall include a perpetual prohibition on any use of the land, directly or indirectly, for any of the purposes or uses which cemetery companies are specifically prohibited from engaging in by this act. Any lease of cemetery land under this section shall prohibit any use of the land, directly or indirectly, for any of the purposes or uses which cemetery companies are specifically prohibited from engaging in by this act. The board shall order not less than 15% of the proceeds of the sale or lease deposited in the Maintenance and Preservation Fund. f. If the transfer of land results from condemnation, the responsibility and expense for removal and reburial shall be borne by the condemnor, not by the cemetery. L.2003,c.261,s.34.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-35 - License required for cemetery salesperson.

45:27-35 License required for cemetery salesperson.  35. a. A license from the board is required for any natural person to be compensated to act as a cemetery salesperson for interment spaces in cemeteries operated by cemetery companies or for goods or services provided by cemetery companies. (1) Each salesperson license shall state the name and address of each cemetery company with which the salesperson is associated. (2) A salesperson shall produce the license for inspection when requested during sales activities, and shall retain possession of the license until it expires or is canceled, revoked or suspended. (3) A copy of the license shall be posted by the cemetery company in each of its offices. b. No municipality of this State shall require a licensed salesperson to obtain a municipal license to sell interment spaces or cemetery goods or services. c. The following may sell cemetery property without a cemetery salesperson license: (1) The owner of an interest in an interment space, or a person acting for the owner, making an occasional sale of the interment space;  (2) An officer, manager or employee of a cemetery company engaging in sales activities whose primary responsibility is other than sales activities; or (3) A receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or other person acting under court order for a trustee selling under a deed of trust. L.2003,c.261,s.35.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-36 - Issuance, renewal of license.

45:27-36 Issuance, renewal of license.  36. A cemetery salesperson license shall be issued or renewed for a period established by the board by regulation. L.2003,c.261,s.36.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-37 - Application for cemetery salesperson license.

45:27-37 Application for cemetery salesperson license.  37. a. An applicant for a cemetery salesperson license shall file a written application on the form prescribed by the board. The application fee prescribed by the board by regulation shall accompany the application. b. The board shall investigate the qualifications of each applicant for a cemetery salesperson license and shall issue a salesperson license if: (1) the board finds that the applicant is 18 years or older, of good moral character, and has not been convicted of a crime which would allow the board to deny the application pursuant to P.L.1968, c.282 (C.2A:168A-1 et seq.); (2) the application complies with the regulations; (3) the applicant paid the license fee prescribed by regulation; and (4) the applicant is not barred from making cemetery sales by other employment. c. The board, upon receipt of a completed application form and appropriate fees, and prior to receipt of the criminal history background check, may issue a temporary license valid for 60 days which the board may extend for additional periods not exceeding 30 days each. L.2003,c.261,s.37.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-38 - Action instituted by board.

45:27-38 Action instituted by board.  38. The board may institute an action in the name of the State in the Superior Court for the appointment of a receiver, injunctive or other relief to protect the public interest, or to prohibit the violation of this act or the orders, rules or regulations of the board. Relief shall not be limited or barred by the imposition of any penalties imposed by the board. The receivership shall be discharged as soon as the condition which caused the suspension has been corrected. L.2003,c.261,s.38.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-39 - Prior approval required for construction of crematory.

45:27-39 Prior approval required for construction of crematory.  4. In addition to any other statutory or regulatory requirements concerning the construction of a crematory, no crematory shall be constructed without prior approval of the board. An applicant for construction of a crematory shall file a written application on the form prescribed by the board. The board may assess a reasonable application fee, which shall accompany the application. As soon as practicable after an application for the construction of a crematory has been filed with the board, the board shall notify the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services of the application. The board may adopt additional regulations concerning the construction or operation of a crematory as the board deems appropriate and consistent with P.L.2003, c.261 (C.45:27-1 et seq.). L.2011, c.230, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-40 - Permitted locations of crematory.

45:27-40 Permitted locations of crematory.  5. A crematory shall be located only on dedicated cemetery property not exclusively devoted to: (1) the operation of a crematory; or (2) the operation of a crematory and the disposition of cremated remains. This section shall not apply to a crematorium operated in conjunction with a funeral home pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection c. of section 16 of P.L.2003, c.261 (C.45:27-16).  L.2011, c.230, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:27-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:27-41 - Registry of cemetery companies accepting payment for recipients of Work First New Jersey, SSI.

45:27-41 Registry of cemetery companies accepting payment for recipients of Work First New Jersey, SSI.  1. a. The board shall establish a registry of cemetery companies that voluntarily agree to be included in a list of cemetery companies for whom payment for burial expenses available for recipients of Work First New Jersey pursuant to P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.) and Supplemental Security Income pursuant to title III of Pub.L.92-603 (42 U.S.C. s.1381 et seq.), and certain other persons specified to be eligible for such payments pursuant to N.J.A.C.10:90-8.1 et seq., is sufficient for the purchase of an interment space and for any services rendered by the cemetery company. The board shall make the registry available to the public on the board's internet website and, by request, to members of the public by other means. b. Any cemetery company may volunteer to be included in the registry established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, and the board shall include any cemetery company in the registry that elects to be included, provided the cemetery company agrees to accept any allowance or payment for burial expenses available for recipients of Work First New Jersey pursuant to P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.) and Supplemental Security Income pursuant to title III of Pub.L.92-603 (42 U.S.C. s.1381 et seq.), and certain other persons specified to be eligible for such payments pursuant to N.J.A.C.10:90-8.1 et seq., as full payment for the purchase of interment space and for any services rendered by the cemetery company. If, after electing to be included in the registry, a cemetery company requests to be removed from the registry, the board shall remove the cemetery company from the registry.  c. If a cemetery company elects to participate in the registry and accept payment pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the acceptance of that payment shall not: (1) entitle any person related to the decedent, or otherwise responsible for the interment of the decedent, to membership in the cemetery company or voting rights attendant thereto, as provided in section 10 of P.L.2003, c.261 (C.45:27-10); (2) require the cemetery company to use an interment space in violation of any religious restrictions on the use of that space; or (3) permit any person related to the decedent, or otherwise responsible for the interment of the decedent, to select the particular interment space in which the human remains will be interred.  L.2013, c.194, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:28-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:28-1 - Definitions relative to scrap metal businesses.

45:28-1 Definitions relative to scrap metal businesses.  1. As used in this act: "Scrap metal" means used, discarded, or previously owned items that consist predominantly of ferrous metals, aluminum, brass, copper, lead, chromium, tin, nickel, or alloys. "Scrap metal business" means a commercial establishment which, as one of its principal business purposes, purchases scrap metal for purposes of resale or processing. L.2009, c.8, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:28-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:28-2 - Requirements for operator of scrap metal business.

45:28-2 Requirements for operator of scrap metal business.  2. The operator of a scrap metal business shall: a. Verify the identity of any person delivering or selling scrap metal to the scrap metal business by requesting and examining a photograph-bearing, valid State or federal driver's license or other government-issued form of identification bearing a photograph; b. Make a clear copy of, and record, in a manner as may be prescribed by the Attorney General, the number of the driver's license or other government-issued form of identification presented by the person delivering or selling the scrap metal, before receiving or purchasing any scrap metal from that person; c. Maintain, for at least five years, a record of all receipts or purchases of scrap metal in excess of 100 pounds or $50, whichever is less, including, but not limited to: (1) the date of receipt or purchase of the scrap metal; (2) the name and address of the person delivering or selling the scrap metal; (3) the type and number of the identification presented by the person delivering or selling the scrap metal, along with a copy of the driver's license or other government-issued form of identification; (4) a description of the scrap metal received or purchased, including, but not limited to its type, amount, and form; (5) the signature of the person delivering or selling the scrap metal; and (6) any other information as may be required by the Attorney General; and d. Make any records maintained pursuant to subsection c. of this section available, upon request, to any law enforcement agency or official investigating the possible theft or resale of scrap metals. L.2009, c.8, s.2.