2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 8 - SOUTH CAROLINA PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY ACT
Section 40-8-220. Disclosure of conditions for free burial rights; basic maintenance requirements; religious code isolation designations.
(A) A cemetery company which offers free burial rights to a person or group of persons, at the time of the offer, clearly shall state all conditions upon which the offer is made.
(B) Cemeteries must be maintained to present a cared-for appearance including, but not limited to, shrubs and trees pruned and trimmed, flower beds weeded, drives maintained, and lawns mowed when needed equivalent to once a week during grass growing season with ample rainfall.
(C) Cemetery companies may provide by their bylaws, regulations, contracts, or deeds the designations of parts of cemeteries for the specific use of persons whose religious code requires isolation.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
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