New Hampshire Cemetery Association
Selected Laws Applicable to Cemetery Management
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The three RSA's (Revised Statutes Annotated) of most interest are RSA 289, RSA 290, and RSA 635.
A concise but unofficial excerpt is available here, but the NHCA and the webmaster cannot warrant its accuracy.
New Laws in 2000
House bill, HB1413, with an effective date of April 27, 2000, put into law a way to settle questions of ownership of cemetery plots and interment rights. This new formality will have an impact on the old cemeteries in small towns and the informal way their trustees often did business. We now expect that even these will start requiring interment orders that affirm the ownership rights of the person requesting the burial. The sooner they let the local funeral homes know of any new procedures, the better.
For more information, contact Terry Knowles in the Division of Charitable Trusts, Attorney General's Office, Concord, NH 03301
New Laws in 2001
HB168 corrected a flaw pervasive in HB1413 that freed transfers of ownership from any local constraints. This bill was effective January 1, 2002. The excerpt mentioned above includes all changes through January 1, 2002.
For more information, contact Mary
Shaw at Forest Glade Cemetery, 1 Government Way, Somersworth, NH, 03878-3192,
692-4266, 
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