2009 Iowa Code
Title 13 - Commerce
Subtitle 1 - Insurance and Related Regulation
CHAPTER 523I - IOWA CEMETERY ACT
523I.311 - RECORDS OF INTERMENT RIGHTS AND INTERMENT.

        523I.311  RECORDS OF INTERMENT RIGHTS AND INTERMENT.

         1.  For sales or transfers of interment rights made on or after
      July 1, 2005, a cemetery shall keep complete records identifying the
      owners of all interment rights sold by the cemetery and historical
      information regarding any transfers of ownership.  The records shall
      include all of the following:
         a.  The name and last known address of each owner or previous
      owner of interment rights.
         b.  The date of each purchase or transfer of interment rights.

         c.  A unique numeric or alphanumeric identifier that
      identifies the location of each interment space sold by the cemetery.

         2.  For interments made on or after July 1, 2005, a cemetery shall
      keep a record of each interment in a cemetery.  The records shall
      include all of the following:
         a.  The date the remains are interred.
         b.  The name, date of birth, and date of death of the decedent
      interred, if those facts can be conveniently obtained.
         c.  A unique numeric or alphanumeric identifier that
      identifies the location of the interment space where the remains are
      interred.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 128, §33

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