CHAPTER 523I
IOWA CEMETERY ACT
Former ch 523I repealed effective July 1, 2005;
2005 Acts, ch 128. §74
TITLE - DEFINITIONS -
APPLICABILITY
523I.101 Short title.
523I.102 Definitions.
523I.103 Applicability of chapter.
ADMINISTRATION AND
ENFORCEMENT
523I.201 Administration.
523I.202 Investigations and subpoenas.
523I.203 Cease and desist orders - injunctions.
523I.204 Court action for failure to cooperate.
523I.205 Prosecution for violations of Jaw - civil penalties.
523I.206 Cooperation with other agencies.
523I.207 Rules, forms, and orders.
523I.208 Date of filing - interpretive opinions.
523I.209 Misleading filings.
523I.210 Misrepresentations of government approval.
523I.211 Fraudulent practices.
523I.212 Receiverships.
523I.213 Insurance division’s enforcement fund.
523I.214 Violations of law - referrals to the Iowa department of public health.
SUBCHAPTER III
CEMETERY MANAGEMENT
523I.301 Disclosure requirements - prices and fees.
523I.302 Installation of outer burial containers.
523I.303 Access by funeral directors.
523I.304 Rulemaking and enforcement.
523I.305 Memorials and memorialization.
523I.306 Commission or bonus unlawful.
523I.307 Discrimination prohibited.
523I.308 Speculation prohibited.
523I.309 Interment, relocation, or disinterment of remains.
523I.310 Sale of interment rights.
523I.311 Records of interment rights and interment.
523I.312 Disclosure requirements - interment agreements.
523I.313 New cemeteries and gardens and cemetery registry.
523I.314 New construction.
523I.315 Unpaid care assessments and unoccupied interment spaces.
523I.316 Protection of cemeteries and burial sites.
523I.317 Duty to provide Public Access
COUNTY CEMETERY COMMISSIONS
AND NEGLECTED CEMETERIES
523I.401 Neglected cemeteries.
523I.402 Removal of remains.
SUBCHAPTER V
GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISIONS
523I.501 Cemetery authorized.
523I.502 Trust for cemetery.
523I.503 Authority to receive gifts and deposits for care - certificates.
523I.504 Appointment of successor trustee.
523I.505 County auditor as trustee.
523I.506 Commingling of care funds by governmental subdivisions.
523I.507 Investment of care funds by governmental subdivisions.
523I.508 Management by governmental subdivisions.
SUBCHAPTER VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
523I.601 Settlement of estates - maintenance fund.
523I.602 Management by trustee.
523I.603 Owners of interment rights.
523I.604 Lien against cemetery property.
523I.605 Private care of graves.
SUBCHAPTER VII
LAWN CRYPTS
523I.701 Requirements for lawn crypts.
523I.702 Request to install lawn crypts in fewer than ten units.
PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERIES
REQUIREMENTS
523I.801 Applicability and conversion by nonperpetual care cemeteries.
523I.802 Advertising.
523I.803 Perpetual care registry.
523I.804 Use of gift for special care.
523I.805 Initial deposit.
523I.806 Irrevocable trust.
523I.807 Care fund deposits.
523I.808 Audit fee.
523I.809 Trust agreement provisions.
523I.810 Care funds.
523I.811 Use of distributions from care fund.
523I.812 Suit by commissioner.
523I.813 Annual report by perpetual care cemeteries.
523I.814 Unified annual reports.
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