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13 ME Rev Stat § 983 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 81: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|13 §983. Protection in use of name

 §983. Protection in use of name No person, society, association or corporation shall assume, adopt or use the name of a benevolent, humane, fraternal or charitable organization incorporated under the laws of this State, or any other state, or of the United States, or holding its charter or warrant under some recognized supreme grand body having authority to issue the same, or a name so nearly resembling the name of such incorporated or chartered organization as to be a colorable imitation thereof or calculated to deceive persons not members with respect to such organizations. In all cases where 2 or more such societies, associations, corporations or organizations claim the right to the same name, or to names substantially similar as above provided, the organization which was first organized and used the name, or first became incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any state, shall be entitled in this State to the prior and exclusive use of such name, and the rights of such societies, associations, corporations or organizations and of their individual members shall be fixed and determined accordingly. This section shall not apply to corporations organized under or governed by Title 13-B.   [PL 1977, c. 592, §11 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1977, c. 525, §12 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 592, §11 (AMD).
13 ME Rev Stat § 984 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 81: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|13 §984. Use of badges, emblems or names without authority

 §984. Use of badges, emblems or names without authority No person shall wear or exhibit the badge, button, emblem, decoration, insignia or charm, or shall assume or use the name of any benevolent, humane, fraternal or charitable corporation incorporated under the laws of this State, or any other state, or of the United States, or holding its charter or warrant under some recognized supreme grand body having authority to issue the same, or shall assume or claim to be a member thereof, or of a benevolent, humane, fraternal or charitable corporation or organization, the name of which shall so nearly resemble the name of any other corporation or organization existing prior to the organization of the corporation, organization or association of which such person may claim to be a member, the name whereof may be calculated to deceive the people with respect to any such prior corporation or organization, unless he shall be authorized under the laws, statutes, rules, regulations and bylaws of such former corporation or organization to wear such badge, button, emblem, decoration, insignia or charm, or to use and assume such name as a member thereof. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to forbid the use of such badge as a measure of protection by the wife, mother, sister or daughter of any man entitled to wear the same.
13 ME Rev Stat § 985 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 81: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|13 §985. Injunctions

 §985. Injunctions Whenever there shall be an actual or threatened violation of any of the provisions of sections 983 and 984, the Supreme Judicial Court and the Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to issue an injunction, upon notice to the defendant of not less than 5 days, restraining such actual or threatened violation. If it shall appear to the court that the defendant is in fact using the name of a benevolent, humane, fraternal or charitable corporation or organization, incorporated or organized as provided, or a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive the public, or is wearing or exhibiting the badge, insignia or emblem of such corporation or organization without authority thereof and in violation of sections 983 and 984, an injunction may be issued, enjoining or restraining such actual or threatened violation, without requiring proof that any person has in fact been misled or deceived thereby.
13 ME Rev Stat § 986 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 81: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|13 §986. Violations

 §986. Violations Whoever violates sections 983 or 984 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $50 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or by both.
13 ME Rev Stat § 987 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 81: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|13 §987. Applicability of Title 13-B

 §987. Applicability of Title 13-B A corporation or other entity created pursuant to this Title or regulated by this Title is subject to Title 5, section 194 and sections 194-B to 194-K if it is a public benefit corporation under Title 13-B, section 1406.   [PL 2001, c. 550, Pt. C, §1 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 550, Pt. C, §29 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2001, c. 550, §C1 (NEW). PL 2001, c. 550, §C29 (AFF).
13 ME Rev Stat § 1031 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|13 §1031. Unauthorized establishment; injunction

 §1031. Unauthorized establishment; injunction Any cemetery, community mausoleum or columbarium established, maintained or operated in violation of or contrary to this chapter is declared to be a nuisance, which may be abated or enjoined as such by the civil action of any citizen of this State.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1032 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|13 §1032. Disposal of bodies

 §1032. Disposal of bodies Except as otherwise provided by law, or in case of a dead body being rightfully carried through or removed from the State for the purpose of burial or disposition elsewhere, every dead body of a human being dying within the State and the remains of any body after dissection therein shall be decently buried, entombed in a mausoleum, vault or tomb, or cremated within a reasonable time after death. The permanent disposition of such bodies or remains shall be by interment in the earth, or deposit in a chamber, vault or tomb of a cemetery owned, maintained and operated in accordance with the laws of this State, by deposit in a crypt of a mausoleum, or by cremation. The remains of a human body after cremation may be deposited in a niche of a columbarium or a crypt of a mausoleum, buried or disposed of in any manner not contrary to law. No deposit of the bodies or remains of the human dead shall be made in a single chamber, vault or tomb partly above and partly below the natural surface of the ground, unless the part thereof below such surface is of a permanent character, constructed of materials capable of withstanding extreme climatic conditions, waterproof and air tight, and capable of being sealed permanently to prevent all escape of effluvia, and unless the part thereof above the natural surface of the ground is constructed of natural stone of a standard not less than that required by the United States Government for monuments erected in national cemeteries, or durability sufficient to withstand all conditions of weather.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1033 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|13 §1033. Vested rights

 §1033. Vested rights This chapter shall not be construed as affecting any vested rights of any cemetery association or other agency owning, maintaining and operating a cemetery or crematory immediately prior to July 24, 1937. Insofar as this chapter does not violate any such vested rights, it shall, except as otherwise provided, apply to all such cemetery associations or other agencies.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1034 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|13 §1034. Jurisdiction

 §1034. Jurisdiction The Superior Court shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction in all cases under this chapter. Judges of the District Court may cause the persons brought before them on complaint for violation of sections 1342 or 1343 to recognize with sufficient sureties to appear at the next term of the Superior Court and, in default thereof, shall commit them.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1035 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|13 §1035. Penalties

 §1035. Penalties Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person who fails to comply with or violates any of the provisions of this chapter in respect to the establishment, maintenance or operation of a cemetery, community mausoleum, crematory or columbarium or to the disposal of dead human bodies commits a Class E crime except that, notwithstanding Title 17-A, sections 1704 and 1705, the fine may not be less than $100 or more than $500.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §25 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 112, §1 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §25 (AMD).
13 ME Rev Stat § 1036 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|13 §1036. Recovery of fines or penalties

 §1036. Recovery of fines or penalties All fines or penalties provided by section 1035 may be recovered or enforced by indictment, and the necessary processes for causing the crypts and catacombs to be sealed or the bodies to be removed and buried, and execution to recover the necessary expenses thereof, may be issued by the Superior Court.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1301 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 3: PUBLIC CEMETERIES|13 §1301. Incorporation; exemption from attachment and taxation

 §1301. Incorporation; exemption from attachment and taxation Any 7 or more persons may be incorporated, not for profit, in the manner provided in section 901 for the purpose of owning, managing and protecting lands and their appurtenances appropriated for public cemeteries. The property of such corporations and the shares of stock therein are exempt from attachment and taxation. Any cemetery corporation may accept and receive donations of money, general legacies and devises of real estate or legacies in trust, for the purpose of landscaping, general beautification and care of lots, memorials, avenues and plots in said cemetery, without being appointed or confirmed by any court as such trustee.   [PL 1975, c. 770, §76 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 770, §76 (AMD).
13 ME Rev Stat § 1302 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 3: PUBLIC CEMETERIES|13 §1302. Recording of deeds

 §1302. Recording of deeds Deeds of burial lots in any public cemetery may be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where such cemetery is situated.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1303 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 3: PUBLIC CEMETERIES|13 §1303. Ownership and operation

 §1303. Ownership and operation Every cemetery, except Veterans' Memorial Cemetery established under Title 37-A, chapter 2, hereafter established shall be owned, maintained or operated by a municipality or other political subdivision of the State, a church, a religious or charitable society, or by a cemetery association incorporated as provided in section 1071 or 1301.   [PL 1973, c. 537, §19 (AMD).]Every such cemetery shall be located in accordance with statutes already in force and effect, and only after consent for such location has been obtained from the municipality or other political subdivision where the same is proposed to be located, as well as from the Bureau of Health. No cemetery, community mausoleum, crematory or columbarium hereafter established shall be maintained or operated for the purpose of private profit or gain, either directly or indirectly, to any director, officer or member of the cemetery association or other agency owning, maintaining or operating the same, or of any holding company or development company employed to develop, build and dispose of the same. A cemetery lawfully established prior to July 24, 1937 may continue to be owned, maintained and operated under the form of organization adopted therefor. Any corporation organized prior to July 24, 1937 which is authorized or empowered to own, construct, maintain or operate cemeteries or burial grounds may lawfully own, construct, maintain or operate mausoleums, crematories or columbaria in connection therewith, in accordance with the laws existing and effective up to the time of July 24, 1937.   SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 502, §2 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 537, §19 (AMD).
13 ME Rev Stat § 1304 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 3: PUBLIC CEMETERIES|13 §1304. Sales for speculation or investment

 §1304. Sales for speculation or investment The sale of cemetery lots and plots, or the sale of crypts in a community mausoleum or niches in a columbarium for speculative or financial investment purposes, or the conveyance of any portion of a cemetery already dedicated to burial purposes as security for debt, is prohibited. Every such conveyance, whether made by a person or by a cemetery association, or by a company or association owning and operating a community mausoleum, crematory or columbarium, or by any holding, development or subsidiary company, shall be void and of no effect. Whoever makes or attempts to make a sale or conveyance contrary to this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in section 1035.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1305 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 3: PUBLIC CEMETERIES|13 §1305. Care and maintenance

 §1305. Care and maintenance The proceeds of the sales of lots and plots in a cemetery shall be applied solely to the management, superintendence, improvement and maintenance of the cemetery and the avenues, paths and structures situated therein, for the purchase of additional cemetery land and for the accumulation of a permanent care and improvement fund. If any indebtedness of a fixed amount is incurred in the purchase of lands for such cemetery, or in making any improvement therein, a sum not exceeding 50% of the gross receipts from the sale of burial lots and plots may be applied to the liquidation of such indebtedness. All moneys received from the sale of personal property and surplus real estate of a cemetery shall be applied first to the liquidation of any fixed indebtedness incurred by it on account of the purchase or improvement of the lands dedicated to cemetery purposes, and any residue remaining after the liquidation of such indebtedness shall be deposited in the permanent care and improvement fund of the cemetery. This section shall not apply to any cemetery now organized and operating.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1306 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 3: PUBLIC CEMETERIES|13 §1306. Cemetery perpetual care fund

 §1306. Cemetery perpetual care fund A person, corporation or any other private entity that controls a cemetery shall establish a cemetery perpetual care fund. This fund is separate from any permanent care and improvement fund for a community mausoleum on a cemetery's premises established under section 1348. The income from the cemetery perpetual care fund must be devoted to maintenance of the cemetery. This cemetery perpetual care fund must be created by depositing in the fund at least 30% of the proceeds received, in full and in installments, from the sale of lots and plots in the cemetery. This section does not apply to a family burying ground as described in section 1142. The sale of a cemetery lot or plot that is subject to a contract for the perpetual care of the lot or plot or for general cemetery maintenance is exempt from this section, as long as the contract requires that at least 30% of the proceeds from the sale of the lot or plot be set aside with the income from those funds to be used for cemetery maintenance.   [PL 1997, c. 140, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1997, c. 140, §1 (NEW).
13 ME Rev Stat § 1341 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 4: MAUSOLEUMS AND VAULTS|13 §1341. Location

 §1341. Location 1.  Mausoleum, crematory or other structure.  A community mausoleum, community crematory or other community structure that holds or contains dead human bodies may only be erected in a cemetery that is at least 20 acres in size and has been in existence and used for burial for at least 2 years preceding the erection of the structure.   [PL 2003, c. 421, §2 (AMD).] 2.  Columbarium.  A columbarium that holds or contains the cremated remains of dead human bodies may only be erected in a cemetery that is at least 5 acres in size and has been in existence and used for burial for at least 2 years preceding the erection of the structure.   [PL 1999, c. 620, §1 (NEW).] 3.  Exception.  This section does not apply to a structure containing crypts erected or controlled by a church or religious society used for the remains of the clergy or dignitaries of the church or religious society.   [PL 1999, c. 620, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 620, §1 (RPR). PL 2003, c. 421, §2 (AMD).
13 ME Rev Stat § 1342 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 4: MAUSOLEUMS AND VAULTS|13 §1342. Approval of health authority

 §1342. Approval of health authority Before any person, firm or corporation shall build, construct or erect any such community mausoleum, vault or other burial structure entirely above ground or partly above and partly by excavation, with the intention and purpose that when so built, constructed and erected the same may contain 20 or more deceased human bodies for permanent interment, such person, firm or corporation shall present all plans for such construction to the Bureau of Health and shall obtain the written approval of such plans by said bureau before proceeding with the construction and erection of said mausoleum, vault or other burial structure.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1343 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 4: MAUSOLEUMS AND VAULTS|13 §1343. Type of construction; examinations

 §1343. Type of construction; examinations Any such community mausoleum or other burial structure shall be constructed of such materials and workmanship as will insure its durability and permanency as well as the safety, convenience, comfort and health of the community in which it is located, as dictated and determined at the time by modern mausoleum construction and engineering science, and all crypts or catacombs placed in a mausoleum, vault or other burial structure as described in section 1342 shall be so constructed that all parts thereof may be readily examined by the Bureau of Health or any other health officer. 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.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1344 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 4: MAUSOLEUMS AND VAULTS|13 §1344. Supervisory control of health authorities

 §1344. Supervisory control of health authorities The Bureau of Health shall have supervisory control over the erection of any such community mausoleum and shall enforce compliance with the approved plans and specifications therefor. Such bureau shall determine the reasonable amount of compensation for such supervision, which compensation shall be paid by the cemetery association or other agency erecting such community mausoleum. No departure from the original plans and specifications shall be permitted, except upon approval of the said Bureau of Health evidenced in like manner and form as the approval of the original plans and specifications.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1345 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 4: MAUSOLEUMS AND VAULTS|13 §1345. No use before completion

 §1345. No use before completion No community mausoleum, crypt or structure so erected shall be used for the purpose of depositing therein the remains of any dead body until the same, or a component section thereof, is fully completed and the permanent care and improvement fund required by section 1348 has been provided.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1346 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 4: MAUSOLEUMS AND VAULTS|13 §1346. No sale before completion

 §1346. No sale before completion No crypt in a community mausoleum shall be sold or offered for sale before said structure, or a component section thereof, is fully completed.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1347 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 4: MAUSOLEUMS AND VAULTS|13 §1347. Improper conditions; removal of bodies

 §1347. Improper conditions; removal of bodies Whenever any mausoleum, vault, crypt or other structure containing one or more dead human bodies shall, in the opinion of the Bureau of Health, become a menace to public health and the owner thereof fails to remedy or remove the same to the satisfaction of the said bureau, any court of competent jurisdiction may order the owner of said structure to remove the dead body or bodies for interment in some suitable cemetery at the expense of such owner. If such owner cannot be found, such removal and interment shall be at the expense of the cemetery association in the cemetery in which such mausoleum, vault, crypt or other structure is situated.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1348 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 4: MAUSOLEUMS AND VAULTS|13 §1348. Permanent care and improvement fund

 §1348. Permanent care and improvement fund Every cemetery association or other agency establishing, maintaining and operating a community mausoleum shall create and establish a permanent care and improvement fund, distinct and separate from the permanent care and improvement fund of its cemetery, the income whereof shall be devoted to the care, maintenance and improvement of such community mausoleum. Such permanent care and improvement fund shall be created by applying to such fund at least 30% of the proceeds received, in full and installments, from the sales of crypts in such mausoleum.
13 ME Rev Stat § 1349 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS|Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL|Chapter 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS|Subchapter 4: MAUSOLEUMS AND VAULTS|13 §1349. -- custodian

 §1349. -- custodian The treasurer of the cemetery in which such community mausoleum is situated shall be the custodian of the permanent care and improvement fund established therefor in section 1348 and every such fund shall be held, administered and invested in the manner provided by law for funds in savings banks of this State.