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2025 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 9 - BURIAL GROUNDS
Chapter 3 - Regulation of Cemetery Companies
Section 301 - Initial deposits by newly-organized cemetery companies
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9 PA Cons Stat § 301 (2025)
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§ 301. Initial deposits by newly-organized cemetery companies.
(a) General rule.--No cemetery company shall establish a cemetery, or dispose or make sale of any lot therein, without first causing to be deposited with a qualified trustee a sum of not less than $25,000 as a permanent lot care fund.
(b) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) A bona fide church or religious congregation.
(2) An association created by a bona fide church or religious congregation.
(3) A municipality.
(June 28, 2024, P.L.430, No.34, eff. 60 days)
2024 Amendment. Act 34 amended subsec. (b).
Cross References. Section 301 is referred to in sections 304, 305, 306 of this title.
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