2015 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.

AR Code § 20-17-1022 (2015) What's This?

(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 Arkansas Cemetery Board, all sales contracts and deeds issued by the cemetery company shall be numbered prior to when 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.

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