2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 9 - BURIAL GROUNDS
Chapter 3 - Regulation of Cemetery Companies
Section 304 - Registration and filing affidavit of compliance

     § 304.  Registration and filing affidavit of compliance.
        (a)  Registration with State Real Estate Commission.--
            (1)  Except as provided in paragraph (2), every cemetery
        company shall have a current and valid registration
        certificate issued by the State Real Estate Commission
        pursuant to the act of February 19, 1980 (P.L.15, No.9),
        known as the "Real Estate Licensing Act," before disposing of
        any lot in its cemetery or before carrying on any other
        cemetery business. The biennial fee for the registration
        certificate shall be $25.
            (2)  The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply to
        cemetery companies and cemeteries owned or controlled by a
        bona fide church or religious congregation or fraternal
        organization or by any association created by a bona fide
        church or religious congregation or fraternal organization.
        (b)  Affidavit of compliance.--Every cemetery company subject
     to the provisions of section 301 (relating to initial deposits
     by newly-organized cemetery companies) or section 302 (relating
     to initial deposits by existing cemetery companies) shall,
     before disposing of any lot in its cemetery, cause to be filed
     in the Department of State an affidavit signed by a member or
     officer of the cemetery company stating that it has complied
     with the applicable section of this title, to which affidavit
     shall be attached an acceptance by a qualified trustee,
     acknowledging its acceptance of the trusteeship. The affidavit
     shall contain such other information as the department may
     require.
     (Mar. 7, 1982, P.L.149, No.48, eff. 60 days)

        References in Text.  The short title of the act of February
     19, 1980 (P.L.15, No.9), known as the Real Estate Licensing Act,
     referred to in subsec. (a), was amended by the act of March 7,
     1982 (P.L.158, No.50). The amended short title is now the Real
     Estate Licensing and Registration Act.