Title 8: Cemeteries & Burial Associations

Oklahoma Funeral Board does NOT have jurisdiction over cemeteries. Any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding cemeteries should be directed to the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General of Oklahoma.

Title 8. Cemeteries

§1. Laws Governing Cemetery Corporations
§1a. Power to Impose Reasonable Charges for Burial Charges - Failure to Pay.
§2. Management and Control of Fraternal and Church Cemeteries. 
§3. Real Estate for Cemetery Purposes. 
§4. Plats - Records. 
§5. Certain Corporation Powers. 
§6. Interments. 
§7. Exempt Property. 
§8. Proceeds - Appropriation. 
§9. Charitable Institutions that Operate Cemeteries. 
§10. Debts 
§11. Privileges Transferred to Subsequent Lot Owners. 
§12. Subsequent Elections of Certain Corporations After First Annual Election. 
§13. Care of Cemeteries. 
§14. Board of Directors' Meetings - Duties. 
§15. Meeting of Members - Notice. 
§16. Duties in General. 
§17. Surplus Funds - Investment. 
§18. Violations - Fines. 
§31. Land Used For Human Burial - Conveyance to Board of County Commissioners. 
§36. "Refusal of Interment Because of Race, Color or National Origin Prohibited." 
§37. Agreements void.

§41. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§42. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§43. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§44. "Repealed by Laws 1941, p. 18, § 2." 
§44a. Unconstitutional. 
§45. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§46. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§47. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§48. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§49. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§50. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§51. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§51.1. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§51.2. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§52. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§53. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§54. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§55. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§56. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§57. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§58. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§59. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§60. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§61. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§62. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§63. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978." 
§64. "Repealed by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 1-106, eff. July 1, 1978."

§81. Indian Lands Reserved for Cemeteries - Title to County Commissioners. 
§82. Ownership-Tax Levy 
§83. Township - One Cemetery. 
§84. Township Cemeteries - County Commissioners - Maintenance Levy. 
§85. County Excise Board - Tax Levy. 
§86. Caretakers. 
§87. Cemeteries to be Public - Fees Prohibited. 
§88. State Institutions - Notification to Relatives of Deaths - Burial - Expenses. 
§88.1. Limitation of Time Permitted to Hold Body. 
§89. "Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 50, § 13." 
§90. Organization of District - County Commissioners. 
§91. Cemetery Association - Offer. 
§92. "Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 50, § 13." 
§93. "Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 50, § 13." 
§94. Powers of District.

§111. Cemetery Funds. 
§112. County Treasurer's Bond. 
§113. Investment of Funds. 
§114. Interest or Dividends. 
§115. Principal to Remain a Permanent Fund.

§131. County Cemetery Association. 
§132. Object of Association. 
§133. Members - Qualifications 
§134. Organization of Association. 
§135. Special Meetings. 
§136. Board of Directors. 
§137. Annual Estimate of Needs. 
§138. Appropriations. 
§139. County Treasurer-Special Budget Account-Cash Fund-Claims and Warrants. 
§140. Gifts. 
§141. Transfer of Duties. 
§142. Invalidity Clause. 
§143. Maintenance and Improvement of Certain Cemeteries by County Commissioners. 
§144. Acceptance and Use of Monies and Other Items.

§161. Perpetual Care Fund Act. 
§162. Cemetery Defined. 
§163. Trust Fund - Investment - Use of Income - Deposit of Funds. 
§164. Donations for Special Care of Specified Lots. 
§165. Investment of Trust Funds - Income. 
§166. Annual Report - Authority of State Bank Commissioner - Examination Fees. 
§167. "Repealed by Laws 1985, c. 331, § 6, eff. July 29, 1985." 
§167.1. Cemeteries with Prepayment Financing Programs - Compliance with Applicable Provisions. 
§168. Exceptions as to Application of This Act. 
§168.1. Administration of Perpetual Care Fund Act. 
§169. Violations and Punishment. 
§169.1. Unlawful to Fraudulently or Intentionally Fail or Refuse to Honor Certain Contracts. 
§170. Attorney General Actions to Recover Monies in Violation of the Perpetual Care Fund Act

§181. Purpose of Act. 
§182. "Cemetery, Acquisition of - Approval by Board of County Commissioners - Exceptions to Act." 
§183. Issuance of Certificate of Authority - Approval of Application - Investigation and Examination Relating to Financial Standing. 
§184. Violation and Penalty. 
§185. Conveyance of County Lands for Cemetery Purposes. 
§186. Certain Cemeteries Allowed Sufficient Ingress and Egress. 
§187. Right of Reasonable Ingress or Egress for Purpose of Visiting Abandoned Cemetery.

§201. Burial Association Act. 
§202. Definitions. 
§203. "Repealed by Laws 1992, c. 147, § 12, eff. July 1, 1992." 
§203.1. State Burial Board - Abolishment of. 
§204. State Burial Board Administration and Enforcement Fund - Employees and Compensation - Expenses. 
§205. Exemption from Insurance Laws - Conditions - Mutual Associations - Articles of Agreement. 
§206. Investment of Trust Funds. 
§207. License Suspension or Revocation - Hearing - Appeal. 
§208. Limitation of Benefits - Liability Where Decedent Covered by More Than One Burial Agreement. 
§209. Bond of Burial Association Treasures. 
§210. Reimbursement When Funds Wrongfully Paid. 
§211. Inspection and Examination of Associations by Board - Examination of Witnesses as to Transactions and Conditions. 
§212. Misrepresentations. 
§213. Discrimination Between Members - Rebates. 
§214. Annual Report - License Fee - Penalty for Failure to Report. 
§215. Grounds for Injunction - Procedure. 
§216. Request for Appointment of Receiver. 
§217. Merger or Consolidation - Approval of State Burial Board Required. 
§218. Agents. 
§219. Agents License Required. 
§220. Application for Agent's License - Hearing Upon Refusal to Grant. 
§221. Requisition for Appointment of Agents - Forms of License - Expiration Date - Renewal of License - Fees - Paid by Whom. 
§ 222. Revocation or Refusal to Renew License - Causes for - Hearing - Surrender of license - probation of Licensee in Certain Instances - renewal not Issued for 3 Years After Revocation or Refusal to Renew. 
§223. Hearing - Procedure - Appeal. 
§224. Burial Agreements Issued Only Through Resident Agents. 
§225. Solicitors as Agents of Association. 
§226. Depositions - Witnesses Fees and Mileage Failure to Appear. 
§227. Application of Act. 
§228. Foreign Associations Prohibited. 
§229. Rules and Regulations. 
§230. Operative Date - Application of Act to Associations Issuing Individual Certificates Only - Bond. 
§230.1. Vote to Dissolve the Association - Dissolution. 
§230.2. Dissolving Unincorporated Burial Association. 
§231. Violations and Penalty.

§301. Title. 
§302. Terms Defined. 
§303. Permit. 
§304. Administration of Cemetery Merchandise Trust Act. 
§305. Permit Application. 
§306. Cemetery Merchandise Trust Fund Establishment and Maintenance. 
§306.1. Interagency Request for Data 
§307. Surety Bond. 
§308. Annual Report Filing. 
§309. State Banking Commissioner Examination. 
§310. Improperly Withdrawn Trust Funds - Redeposit. 
§311. Action by Attorney General. 
§312. Certain Funds Protected. 
§313. Failure to Comply with Examination. 
§314. Failure to Comply With Act. 
§315. Violation. 
§316. Cemetery Merchandise Trust Act Revolving Fund.

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