Utah · statute · Utah Code tit. 8 · 19 active provisions
Money which has been or shall be declared by an instrument in writing to be intended for the perpetual care, maintenance, improvement, or embellishment of any cemetery, or of any lots therein, to an amount not less than $50, may be deposited with the state treasurer, who shall, in the name of the state, receive and rec…
The Division of Finance shall with the approval of the governor invest the money which may be deposited with the state treasurer under the provisions of the preceding section in the name of the state, in bonds or other obligations of the state or of the United States, or in securities in which the division is authorize…
(1) An executive officer of an organization in control of a cemetery, including a municipality or a cemetery maintenance district, or an individual owner in control of a cemetery, offering burial lots for sale in any county, shall file and cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county within w…
An executive officer of an organization in control of a cemetery, including a municipality or a cemetery maintenance district, or an individual owner in control of a cemetery, shall provide each purchaser of a lot or burial right located in the cemetery with a certificate of burial rights, properly executed.
(1) No later than January 1 and July 1 of each year, the executive officer of an organization in control of a cemetery, including a municipality or cemetery maintenance district, or an individual owner in control of a cemetery with burial lots for sale, shall file with the county recorder of the county within which the…
(1) An endowment care cemetery in this state, except those owned and operated by churches, religious or established fraternal societies, or incorporated cities, towns, or other political subdivisions of the state, shall comply with the requirements of this chapter. (2) As used in this chapter "endowment care cemetery"…
(1) An endowment care cemetery shall establish an endowment care trust fund in accordance with Title 75B, Chapter 2, Uniform Trust Code. (a) Any newly established endowment care cemetery or existing cemetery converting to an endowment care cemetery shall deposit a minimum of $25,000 in the endowment care trust fund. (b…
When the endowment care fund balance reaches $100,000, the cemetery authority may withdraw the initial deposit of $25,000 at the rate of $1,000 for each additional $3,000 added to the fund.
(1) An endowment care cemetery that maintains a trust fund that is not funded at least in the amount required by this chapter or any state or federal law applicable to the fund at the time of underfunding shall immediately deposit additional money to the endowment care trust fund in an amount to bring the fund into com…
(1) If a municipality or cemetery maintenance district owns a cemetery and has conveyed cemetery lots or parcels by deed with or without restrictions, and the grantee, or persons claiming through the grantee, for more than 60 years: (a) have not used portions of the lots or parcels for purposes of burial and have not p…
(1) If the grantee, or person claiming through the grantee, fails to comply with the demand or notice, the municipality or cemetery maintenance district may bring an action in a court with jurisdiction under Title 78A, Judiciary and Judicial Administration, against all parties who have not responded to the notice for t…
The fact that the grantee or holder of a lot or parcel in a cemetery has not used portions of the lots or parcels for the purpose of burial for more than 60 years shall be prima facie evidence that the grantee or holder had abandoned the lots or parcels if during that time the grantee or holder: (1) has not provided th…
A certified copy of the judgment in the action to revest title to cemetery lots, sites, or parcels shall be filed with the county recorder in the county in which the lots, sites, or parcels are located.
The proceeds from the subsequent resale of any lot or parcel, title to which has been revested in the municipality or cemetery maintenance district under Section 8-5-2 or 8-5-6, less the costs and expenses incurred in the proceeding, shall become part of the permanent care and improvement fund of the municipality or ce…
(1) As an alternative to the procedures set forth in Sections 8-5-1 through 8-5-4, a municipal council or cemetery maintenance district board may pass a resolution demanding that the owner of a lot, site, or portion of the cemetery, which has been unused for burial purposes for more than 60 years, file with the county…
Municipalities and cemetery maintenance districts shall sell only the right to be buried in the cemetery and all cemetery lots or parcels sold by a municipality after April 29, 1985, or by a cemetery maintenance district after June 1, 2001 shall be rights to be buried only. Nothing in this section shall prevent municip…
(1) The owner, grantee, or person claiming through the grantee shall have the right, on presentation of the certificate of title or right to burial to the municipality or cemetery maintenance district, for any lot or parcel which has reverted to the municipality or cemetery maintenance district, at the option of the mu…
This chapter is known as "Policies and Records."
A cemetery maintenance district, municipality, individual, or other person that controls a cemetery shall: (1) adopt policies and procedures for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business, including policies and procedures for the following: (a) setting of prices and other charges for services; (b) s…