2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 23. Business and other Associations
ARTICLE 14. CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS
CHAPTER 31. Cremation
23-14-31-52. Violations; offenses
Sec. 52. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d), a person that knowingly or intentionally violates this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) A person that knowingly or intentionally:
(1) performs a cremation without receipt of a cremation authorization form signed by an authorizing agent;
(2) signs a cremation authorization form that the individual knows contains false or incorrect information; or
(3) violates a cremation procedure under sections 36 through 42 of this chapter;
commits a Level 6 felony.
(c) A crematory authority that knowingly represents to an authorizing agent or the agent's designee that a temporary container or urn contains the cremated remains of a specific decedent when the container or urn does not commits a Level 6 felony.
(d) A person:
(1) who:
(A) professes to the public to be a crematory authority; or
(B) operates a building or structure in Indiana as a crematory;
without being registered under section 22 of this chapter; or
(2) who fails to file an annual report required under section 24 of this chapter;
commits a Class A misdemeanor.
As added by P.L.231-1995, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.169-2003, SEC.2; P.L.158-2013, SEC.265.
