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2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 251 of 1968
| AN ACT to regulate the creation and management of cemeteries; to provide for a cemetery commissioner, and to prescribe the powers and duties of the commissioner; to require the registration and audit of cemeteries; to provide for long-term care of certain cemeteries; to regulate persons selling burial, entombment, or columbarium rights; and to prescribe remedies and penalties.
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| Document | Description |
| Section 456.521 | Cemetery regulation act; short title. |
| Section 456.522 | Definitions. |
| Section 456.522a | Commissioner, spouse, or child; financial interest in cemetery, supplier, or funeral establishment prohibited. |
| Section 456.523-456.527 | Repealed. 1982, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1982. |
| Section 456.528 | Commissioner; rules. |
| Section 456.529 | Commissioner; hearings; oaths; testimony; witnesses; production of books and records; subpoena; violation of act, rule, or order; cease and desist order; assurance of discontinuance; action to enforce compliance; injunction or restraining order; appointment of receiver or conservator; bond not required; denial of application; suspension or revocation of permit or registration. |
| Section 456.530 | Commissioner; auditing trust funds; registration of cemeteries; exemptions; municipal ordinances. |
| Section 456.531 | Commissioner; registration fee; renewal blank and notice. |
| Section 456.532 | Permit for registration required; acquisition of controlling interest in cemetery company; application for certificate of approval; contents; issuance; fee; noncompliance; hearing; action to ensure compliance; "controlling interest" defined. |
| Section 456.532a | Examining affairs of cemetery or person; inspection or audit of books, papers, records, and documents; audit charges. |
| Section 456.533 | Establishment of cemetery; application for permit; investigation fee. |
| Section 456.534 | Granting or refusing to grant permit; denial of application; procedures. |
| Section 456.535 | Registration of cemetery; time; application; form; fee; expiration; procedure for denying registration; late penalty filing fee. |
| Section 456.535a | Witness fee; prohibition. |
| Section 456.536 | Irrevocable endowment care fund; establishment and maintenance; annual report; application for care fund deposit modification or waiver; expenses; agent or seller; deposit requirements; merchandise trust account; deposit for sale of burial vaults or containers; repayment; installation of vault; contents of cemetery merchandise and services contract; annual report by cemetery or agent; deficit in amount of required deposits; penalty; hearing; additional penalty; disposition of fees, charges, and penalties; "endowment care" defined. |
| Section 456.536a | Preconstruction sales of crypts or niches. |
| Section 456.537 | Repealed. 1982, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1982. |
| Section 456.538 | Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit or registration, and other disciplinary action; grounds; effect; fulfillment of contractual obligations and agreements; administrative fine. |
| Section 456.539 | Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit or registration; notice of intent; hearing; decision. |
| Section 456.540 | Appeal. |
| Section 456.541 | Violations; penalties. |
| Section 456.542 | Repeal. |
| Section 456.543 | Effective date of act. |
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