19 CRR-NY 201.6NY-CRR
19 CRR-NY 201.6
19 CRR-NY 201.6
201.6 Sale of outer containers.
(a) A cemetery corporation may not compel the use of any particular outer enclosure, except that a cemetery may require the use of a concrete burial vault, or, at the option of the customer, a concrete grave liner under the following conditions and restrictions:
(1) the customer must have purchased a lot after January 1, 1985;
(2) the requirement must be stated prominently in writing and a written statement must be given to the customer in advance of the signing of the agreement to purchase a grave or lot;
(3) only a concrete grave liner or a concrete burial vault of the type and grade which conforms to the following minimum specifications may be required:
(i) concrete burial vault
—1½″ average sidewall
—2″ top
—2″ bottom (whether top seal or plate of air seal)
—4,500 pounds per square inch
—Sealed
(ii) concrete grave liner
—1½″ average top and bottom
—1″ sidewall
—minimum of two holes in or near bottom to allow discharge of water
—4,500 pounds per square inch
—not sealed
(4) should a lot owner, a person with burial rights or a representative of one about to be interred express objection to the use of the required concrete burial vault or grave liner at the time of interment based upon a religious belief, the cemetery must, without question, cancel the requirement that a concrete vault or concrete grave liner be used; provided, however, that the cemetery may impose at the time of interment a reasonable fee for the periodic refilling of the grave after receiving approval of the Cemetery Board for that fee;
(5) a plot owner may purchase the prescribed grave liner from any source including the cemetery; and
(6) a cemetery may not sell burial vaults.
19 CRR-NY 201.6
Current through October 15, 2021
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