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AR Code § 20-17-908 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 9 - Cemeteries Generally|§ 20-17-908. Responsibilities of county abandoned cemetery registration boards

 (a) A county abandoned cemetery registration board shall have the authority to register abandoned cemeteries within the county as defined in § 20-17-905, but only after a petition has been filed pursuant to § 20-17-907.  (b) At any time, the board may conduct an examination of a petitioned abandoned cemetery within the county.  (c)  (1) If funds and voluntary manpower are available, the board shall provide for the cleaning of petitioned abandoned cemeteries within the county that meet minimum requirements for maintenance at least one (1) time in the spring and one (1) time in the fall.  (2) Cleaning is intended to remove weeds, debris, and foreign material that degrade the burial site.    (d) The board may post a small sign to inform the public that the abandoned cemetery is under the care of the board.
AR Code § 20-17-909 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 9 - Cemeteries Generally|§ 20-17-909. Minimum maintenance for petitioned abandoned cemeteries

 Petitioned abandoned cemeteries that are no more than one (1) acre in size are eligible for minimum maintenance.
AR Code § 20-17-910 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 9 - Cemeteries Generally|§ 20-17-910. Abandoned cemeteries on private property

 (a) If a petitioned abandoned cemetery is on private property with no access by the public, the property owner may grant permission to the county abandoned cemetery registration board to enter for maintenance by providing a written statement.  (b) The statement shall be notarized and shall provide a conditional easement to the board for ingress and egress for the purpose of maintenance.  (c) The easement shall be recorded at the county courthouse within sixty (60) days after signing.
AR Code § 20-17-911 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 9 - Cemeteries Generally|§ 20-17-911. Minimum maintenance providers

 Minimum maintenance for petitioned abandoned cemeteries may be secured from any source the county abandoned cemetery registration board can obtain, including work-release prisoners.
AR Code § 20-17-1001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1001. Title

 This subchapter may be cited as the “Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries”.
AR Code § 20-17-1002 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1002. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Care and maintenance” means the continual maintenance of the cemetery grounds and graves in keeping with a properly maintained cemetery;  (2) “Cemetery” means any land or structure in this state dedicated to and used or intended to be used for interment of human remains. It may be either a burial park for earth interments, a mausoleum for vault or crypt interments, or a combination of one (1) or more thereof;  (3) “Cemetery company” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or association, now or hereafter organized, owning or controlling cemetery lands or property and conducting the business of a cemetery or making an application with the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services to own or control the lands or conduct the business;  (4) “Columbarium” means a structure or room or space in a building or structure used or intended to be used for the interment of cremated human remains;  (5) “Crypt” means a chamber of sufficient size to inter the remains of a deceased person;  (6) “Infant interment garden” means a designated area in a perpetual care cemetery for the interments of infants and children no more than twenty-four (24) months of age;  (7) “Interment” means the lawful disposition of the remains of a deceased person as provided by law;  (8) “Lawn crypt” means an interment space sometimes referred to as a “belowground crypt”, “westminister”, or “turf top crypt” in a preplaced chamber or burial vault either side-by-side or at multiple depths, covered by earth and sod;  (9) “Lot or grave space” means a space of ground in a cemetery used or intended to be used for interment therein;  (10) “Mausoleum” means a community-type structure or room or space in a building or structure used or intended to be used for the interment of human remains in crypts or niches;  (11) “Niche” means a space in a columbarium that is used or intended to be used for the interment of the cremated remains of one (1) or more deceased persons;  (12) “Permit holder” means a cemetery company that holds a permit issued by the board to own or operate a perpetual care cemetery; and  (13) “Perpetual care cemetery” means a cemetery for the benefit of which a permanent maintenance fund has been established in accordance with this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-17-1003 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1003. Application of subchapter — Exceptions

 (a) This subchapter applies to all cemeteries and burial grounds located in the State of Arkansas unless the cemetery is owned and operated by:  (1) A church or similar religious organization;  (2) A municipality or county government;  (3) A family, exclusively for its own family use; or  (4) A community nonprofit association in which no person is entitled to receive pecuniary profit other than the bookkeeper and maintenance crew.    (b) Persons who do not and have never received more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) gross proceeds in any one (1) year from the sale of parcels of realty to be used as human burial sites are exempt from this subchapter.  (c) All cemeteries that advertise or operate all or a part thereof as perpetual care or permanent maintenance cemeteries shall be subject to this subchapter regardless of the organization of the person or group owning and operating the cemetery or burial grounds.
AR Code § 20-17-1007 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1007. Examination of cemetery

 (a)  (1) An examined cemetery company shall pay the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services for the examination:  (A) One hundred dollars ($100) per day for each examiner who conducts the examination; and  (B) The amount necessary to reimburse the travel, meal, and lodging expenses of each examiner.    (2) An examination shall be conducted by an employee of the State Insurance Department or board member.    (b) In lieu of any financial examination that the board shall be authorized to make, the board may accept the audit of an independent certified public accountant, provided that the Insurance Commissioner has notified the cemetery company that the audit would be accepted and that the cemetery company has notified the commissioner in writing that an audit would be prepared.
AR Code § 20-17-1009 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1009. Permit — Investigation by Department of Health

 (a) Upon submission of an application to the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services for the issuance of a permit for a new cemetery or for an extension of the boundaries of an existing cemetery, the applicant shall request that the Department of Health investigate the proposed cemetery location or extension to determine if the proposed new or expanded location will be sanitary.  (b) In making the investigation, the department shall take into consideration the proximity of the proposed cemetery or extension to human habitation, the nature of the soil, the drainage of the ground, the danger of pollution of springs or streams of water, and any other conditions concerning whether the proposed new or expanded location will be sanitary.  (c)  (1) After completing the investigation, the department shall promptly submit in writing its approval or disapproval of the proposed new or expanded location from a sanitary standpoint to the board.  (2) If the department disapproves the proposed cemetery location or extension, further action on the application shall be suspended until the applicant acquires a location which meets with the approval of the department or until other action, as necessary, is taken.    (d) The cemetery shall pay the department any fee required by law.
AR Code § 20-17-1010 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1010. Permit — Investigation and issuance by State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services

 (a) If the cemetery company has fully complied with this subchapter and if the Department of Health approves the location of the new cemetery or the extension of the boundaries of an existing cemetery, then the application shall be submitted to the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services for investigation and for approval or disapproval.  (b) Immediately upon the submission of each application, the board shall investigate to determine the fitness of the cemetery company, the need for the cemetery, and all other questions bearing directly or indirectly upon the need or desirability from the public standpoint of the proposed cemetery or extension.  (c)  (1)  (A) If the application for a new cemetery is approved, the board shall issue a permit to the applicant only after the applicant has filed proof with the board that an initial principal deposit of at least five thousand dollars ($5,000) has been made to the permanent maintenance fund.  (B) The initial five thousand dollars ($5,000) under subdivision (c)(1)(A) of this section can be used to meet the liability due the permanent maintenance fund for the first paid-in-full burial space sales sold by the permit holder.    (2) The permit shall be filed in the court of the county in which the cemetery is located and with the department.
AR Code § 20-17-1014 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1014. Permanent maintenance fund trustees

 (a) The net income from the permanent maintenance fund shall only be used for general maintenance, administration, and preservation of the perpetual care cemetery.  (b) A cemetery company shall establish a permanent maintenance fund with or transfer the permanent maintenance fund to:  (1) A state or national bank or federal savings bank with trust powers;  (2) Three (3) trustees, if:  (A) All trustees that make disbursements from the trust fund deposit with the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services a fidelity bond with corporate surety payable to the trust fund in a penal sum not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the value of the trust fund principal at the beginning of each calendar year; and  (B) No more than one (1) of the trustees has a direct or indirect financial interest in the perpetual care cemetery; or    (3) An individual trustee that on behalf of the cemetery company deposits all permanent maintenance funds directly into a savings account or certificate of deposit in a state or national bank or savings and loan association in this state not less than forty-five (45) days after collection if:  (A) The funds deposited are federally insured;  (B) The funds are restricted to prevent the principal amount of the funds from being withdrawn without the written approval of and on a form approved by the Insurance Commissioner; and  (C) Not less than one (1) time per year the net income from the funds may be withdrawn by the individual trustee on behalf of the cemetery company for purposes permitted by this subchapter.      (c)  (1) The board may require a trustee who fails to protect the principal of the permanent maintenance fund under § 20-17-1013 to pay an additional contribution to the permanent maintenance fund of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day for each day that the principal is deficient.  (2) The additional contribution made under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall not exceed a total of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a continuous violation.
AR Code § 20-17-1015 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1015. Permanent maintenance fund — Annual report

 (a)  (1) Within seventy-five (75) days after the end of each calendar year, the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services shall require the trustee of the permanent maintenance fund to file under oath a detailed annual report of the condition of the fund.  (2) The annual report shall include:  (A) A description of the assets of the fund;  (B) A description of cemetery property encumbered by a lien and the amount of the lien;  (C) The cost of acquiring each asset;  (D) The market value of the asset at the time of its acquisition, its current market value, and the status of any default;  (E) A statement that:  (i) The fund is not encumbered by debt; and  (ii) None of the assets of the fund constitute loans to:  (a) The cemetery company for which the trust fund is established; or  (b) An officer or director of the cemetery company; and      (F) Any other information the trustee or the board deems pertinent.      (b) The report shall show the amounts of principal and undistributed income of the fund at the beginning of the period, the amounts deposited by the cemetery company into the fund during the period, the income earned and disbursements made during the period, the details of any investment or reinvestment during the period, and the balances of principal and income at the end of the period being reported on.  (c)  (1) If the trustee of the fund fails to meet the requirements of this section, then it shall be the duty of the board to apply to the Pulaski County Circuit Court for an order to require the trustee of the fund to file a proper report and to make any additional contributions due to the failure to timely file the annual report.  (2) If funds have been misappropriated by the trustee or are not being handled as required by law, then the board shall apply to the circuit court in the county in which the cemetery is located to have a receiver or conservator appointed by the court to take custody of the trust funds for the benefit of the cestui que trust. The receiver or conservator is vested with full power to file such suits against the defaulting trustee as may be necessary to require a full accounting and restoration of the trust funds and to turn the residue over to another trustee as the cemetery shall select, in conformity with this subchapter, as the new trustee of the permanent maintenance fund.  (3) If the trustee does not timely file the annual report required by subsection (a) of this section, the board may require the trustee to pay an additional contribution to the permanent maintenance fund of no more than fifty dollars ($50.00) per day until the report is filed with the board.
AR Code § 20-17-1017 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1017. Permanent maintenance fund — Voluntary contributions

 The permanent maintenance fund may also receive, take, and hold therefor and as part thereof or as incident thereto any real, personal, or mixed property bequeathed, devised, granted, given, or otherwise contributed to it.
AR Code § 20-17-1019 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1019. Conveyance of lots

 (a)  (1) An instrument conveying all or part of a burial lot or burial plot shall be issued to the purchaser upon full payment of the purchase price of the burial lot or burial plot.  (2) The cemetery company shall not use an instrument to convey a burial lot or burial plot unless the form of the instrument has been provided to the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services.    (b) Only the cemetery company or its agents may sell or convey all or part of lots, grave spaces, crypts, or niches except that:  (1) The owner of all or part of a lot, grave space, niche, or crypt may sell his or her interest in a lot, grave space, crypt, or niche if:  (A) The lot, grave space, crypt, or niche is first offered in writing to the cemetery company at the purchase price then being charged by the cemetery company for similar lots; and  (B) The cemetery company refuses the offer within thirty (30) days after the offer is made; and    (2) An owner may convey or devise to the cemetery company his or her interest in a lot, grave space, niche, or crypt.    (c) The secretary or other responsible officer of the cemetery company shall file and record in its books all instruments of transfer.  (d) The instrument of conveyance shall be signed by the persons having proper authority.  (e) A mortgage or lien on cemetery land granted by a permit holder shall not encumber any burial space that has been sold before granting the mortgage or lien.  (f)  (1) To ensure that all burial spaces remain unencumbered, the permit holder shall file with the board before executing a mortgage or creating a lien a notarized statement reflecting the specific description of the land to be affected by the mortgage or lien and a waiver or release by the proposed mortgagee or lienholder of any claim or right to any burial space for which an instrument of conveyance or deed has been or may be executed.  (2) The failure of a permit holder to comply with the requirements of this subsection is grounds for the board to require an additional contribution to the permanent maintenance fund of the cemetery in an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each burial space encumbered.
AR Code § 20-17-1020 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1020. Unlawful act

 It shall be unlawful for any cemetery company to bury or inter a body in any path, alley, or walk.
AR Code § 20-17-1021 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1021. Disposition of contributions and fees

 (a) All contributions imposed under this subchapter shall be:  (1) Deposited into the respective permanent maintenance fund of the cemetery company upon which the contribution is imposed; and  (2) Paid within forty-five (45) days of imposition.    (b) All fees imposed under this subchapter shall be paid to the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services.
AR Code § 20-17-1022 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1022. Records required

 (a) All cemetery companies shall make and keep accounts and records which shall indicate that they have made the required contributions to the permanent maintenance fund. The burden is upon the cemetery company to maintain the accounts and records.  (b) Unless otherwise approved by the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services, all sales contracts and deeds issued by the cemetery company shall be numbered before they are executed by the cemetery company and shall contain those items that the board by rule or order prescribes.  (c) A cemetery company shall maintain records of its interments that shall include without limitation:  (1) The name of the interred or entombed;  (2) The date of interment or entombment; and  (3) The location of interment or entombment.
AR Code § 20-17-1025 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1025. Protection of cemeteries — Power to lend

 (a) On August 1, 2001, the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services shall segregate one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000) within its general operating fund to be known as the Insolvent Cemetery Loan Fund administered by the Insurance Commissioner and only used to lend a court-appointed receiver or conservator the funds necessary to assure that a cemetery will be properly maintained and will continue to be a going concern, including the funds necessary to pay a reasonable surety bond premium that is required to be posted by the court.  (b) The board may take any legal action necessary against a cemetery company, receiver, or conservator to recover funds loaned by the board to or for the benefit of the cemetery, the cemetery company, receiver, or conservator for the payment of maintenance expenses or unpaid loans.  (c) Disbursement from the Insolvent Cemetery Loan Fund for loans to a receiver or conservator shall be made on a “first in, first out” basis as determined by the commissioner.  (d) The commissioner may accept donations to the board from any cemetery company, organization, or individual to fund loans under this section.  (e) The board may waive payment or extend the payment period for a loan made to a receiver or conservator if the board determines that it is unlikely that the receiver or conservator has or will receive sufficient funds to repay the loan and that the funds were or are needed to maintain and operate the cemetery for the benefit of the lot owners and the general public.  (f) Any funds that accumulate in the Insolvent Cemetery Loan Fund in excess of one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000) may at the request of the board be transferred to the Insolvent Cemetery Grant Fund under the Insolvent Cemetery Grant Fund Act, § 20-17-1301 et seq.
AR Code § 20-17-1026 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1026. Annual permit fee

 (a) By March 1 of each year, each permit holder shall pay to the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services a permit renewal fee in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100).  (b) All annual permit fees shall be classified as general funds of the board and shall be used to make loans to receivers and conservators as provided in § 20-17-1025.