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S.C. Code Ann. § 40-8-210

Licensing of existing cemeteries

Known as the South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act

The act spans §§ 40–40 (26 sections).

2002 Act No. 322, SECTION 10A.

(A) A perpetual care cemetery licensed by the South Carolina Cemetery Board and operating in good standing on June 30, 1990, may continue to operate and must be granted a license by the South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Board.

(B) A perpetual care cemetery established between July 1, 1990, and the effective date of this chapter may continue to operate and must be granted a license by the South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Board, provided an Irrevocable Care and Maintenance Trust Fund Agreement with a trust institution doing business in this State has been properly entered into by the perpetual care cemetery, and a copy of the same is on file with the board.

(C) Effective January 1, 2003, all perpetual care cemeteries must be operated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.