Section 5-602 - Scope of subtitle. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-602. Scope of subtitle.
 

(a)  Excluded cemeteries.- This subtitle does not apply to a cemetery that: 

(1) has less than 1 acre available for burial; or 

(2) is owned and operated by: 

(i) a county; 

(ii) a municipal corporation; 

(iii) a church; 

(iv) a synagogue; 

(v) a religious organization; 

(vi) a not for profit organization created before 1900 by an act of the General Assembly; or 

(vii) a State veterans agency. 

(b)  Below-ground earth-covered chambers excluded.- This subtitle does not apply to the sale of a below-ground earth-covered chamber. 

(c)  Effect on preexisting trust agreements.- This subtitle does not amend a trust agreement covering a perpetual care fund that existed on or before July 1, 1973, except as to: 

(1) the appointment of a successor trustee or cotrustee; 

(2) deposits into the fund after July 1, 1973; and 

(3) the withdrawal from the fund of income on deposits made after July 1, 1973. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 23, § 165A; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; 1997, ch. 675, § 1; 2001, ch. 186, § 1; 2007, ch. 348, § 2.]