MOST FREQUENTLY USED STATUTES

• Title 13 §1101 – Maintenance and repairs
• Title 13 §1101-B – Access to ancient burying grounds
• Title 13 §1371 – Repair/removal approval
• Title 13 §1371-A – Excavation near burial sites
• Title 17-A §507-A – Interference with cemetery or burial ground
• Title 30-A §3107 – Abandoned cemeteries

ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES

• Prohibited acts Title 12 §13157-A

ANCIENT BURYING GROUNDS

Ancient burying grounds are not always the same as family burying grounds; access and maintenance responsibilities may differ.

• Maintenance and repairs by town Title 13 §1101
• Definition Title 13 §1101-A
• Ancient burying ground Title 13 §1101-B
• Access to ancient burying grounds on privately owned land (easement rights) Title 13 §1101-B(1)
• Notice of responsibility Title 13 §1101-C
• Unorganized townships Title 13 §1101-D
• Graves on land owned by the Federal Government Title 13 §1101-E
• Neglect Title 13 §1102

BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICES

• Board; powers and duties Title 32 §1451

CEMETERY CORPORATIONS

• Establishment and Powers Title 13 §1031 - 1032 - 1033 - 1034 - 1035 - 1036
• Incorporation Title 13 §1071
• Non-Profit Corporation status Title 13-B §201
• Grounds inalienable: description recorded Title 13 §1141
• Family burying grounds Title 13 §1142
• Lots Title 13 §1143
• Enlargement of Grounds Title 13 §1181 - 1182 - 1183 - 1184
• Conveyance to Town Title 13 §1221 - 1222 - 1223 - 1224
• Trust Funds Title 13 §1261 - 1262 - 1263 - 1264 - 1265
• Solicitation of cemetery or crematory services or property Title 13 §1266
• Penalties Title 13 §1267

CRIMINAL CONDUCT

• Criminal trespass Title 17-A §402
• Desecration and defacement Title 17-A §507
• Interference with cemetery or burial ground Title 17-A §507-A
• Illegal possession or sale of gravestones Title 17-A §507-B
• Abuse of corpse Title 17-A §508

DEATH AND BURIALS

• Penalties Title 22 §2708
• Registration of fetal deaths Title 22 §2841
• Registration of deaths Title 22 §2842
• Permits for final disposition of dead human bodies Title 22 §2843
• Custody of remains of deceased persons Title 22 §2843-A
• Subregistrars Title 22 §2844

DEORGANIZED PLACES

• Cemetery trust funds Title 30-A §7305

EXCAVATIONS FOR BORROW, CLAY, TOPSOIL, OR SILT

• Performance standards Title 38 §490-D

FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS

• Definitions 32 Title §1400
• Prearranged funerals or burial plans Title 32 §1401
• Employment of funeral directors, embalmers or practitioners of funeral services by cemeteries prohibited Title 32 §1403
• Cremation Title 32 §1405
• Disposition of Cremains Title 32 §1405-A
• Grave markers Title 32 §1406

HEALTH, WELFARE AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Abandoned Cemeteries Title 30-A §3107

INSURANCE PRACTICES AND FRAUDS

• Insurer’s ownership of funeral establishment or cemetery Title 24-A §2175
• Funeral and burial service contracts prohibited Title 24-A §2176

JUNKYARDS AND AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARDS

• Automobile recycling business permits; operational standards Title 30-A §3755-A
  

MAUSOLEUMS AND VAULTS

• Location Title 13 §1341
• Approval of health authority Title 13 §1342
• Type of construction; examinations Title 13 §1343
• Supervisory control of health authorities Title 13 §1344
• No use before completion Title 13 §1345
• No sale before completion Title 13 §1346
• Improper conditions; removal of bodies Title 13 §1347
• Permanent care and improvement fraud Title 13 §1348
• Custodian Title 13 §1349

MEDICAL EXAMINER

• Medical examiner case Title 22 §3025
• Disposal of unidentified remains Title 22 §3028-A
• Body buried without inquiry Title 22 §3029

MONUMENTAL WORK

• Contract price; attachment Title 10 §3701

MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS

• Maintenance & Repairs; municipality; Grave sites of veterans in ancient burying grounds Title 13 §1101
• Adjutant General as Next of Kin for Veteran's Grave Markers Title 37-B §515
• Decoration of veterans graves on Memorial Day; erection of flagpoles Title 30-A §2901
• Public works Title 30-A §5723

MUNICIPAL GENERAL ASSISTANCE

• Reimbursement to individuals relieving eligible persons; prior approval; emergencies Title 22 §4313

NATURAL GAS PIPELINE UTILITIES

• Exemption from eminent domain Title 35-A §4710

PLANNING AND LAND USE

• Enforcement of land use laws and ordinances Title 30-A §4452

PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION

• Approval for repair, maintenance and removal Title 13 §1371
• Limitations on construction and excavation near burial sites Title 13 §1371-A
• Inventories of cemeteries or burial grounds Title 13 §1372
• Authority to maintain Title 13 §1373
• Perpetual Care fund by Court Order Title 4 §310

PUBLIC CEMETERIES

• Incorporation; exemption from attachment and taxation Title 13 §1301
• Recording of deeds Title 13 §1302
• Ownership and operation Title 13 §1303
• Sales for speculation or investment Title 13 §1304
• Care and maintenance Title 13 §1305
• Cemetery perpetual care funds Title 13 §1306

QUARRIES

• Performance standards for quarries Title 38 §490-Z

SNOWMOBILES

• Operation of snowmobile Title 12 §13106-A

TAXATION

• Property of institutions and organizations Title 36 §652

UNOPENED INTERMENT

• Use of unoccupied interment spaces Title 13 §1381
• Notice of use Title 13 §1382
• Form of notice Title 13 §1383
• Service of notice 13 §1384
• Resale of unoccupied interment spaces Title 13 §1385
• Applicability Title 13 §1386