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The Cemetery Commissioner within the Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth licenses cemeteries.

Statutory authority for the regulation of cemeteries is found in the Cemetery Regulation Act 1968 PA 251, MCL 456.521 et seq.

The Act requires the Cemetery Commissioner to audit cemetery trust funds, approve cemetery ownership changes, investigate applications for new cemeteries, and investigate complaints from the public regarding cemeteries.

Cemeteries owned and operated by a municipality, church or religious institutions are exempt from the Act.

If you have questions or wish to file a complaint, contact the Office of the Cemetery Commissioner:

Phone:
(866) 913-3534
e-Mail: bcscemeteries
@michigan.gov

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State Cemetery Law

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Chapter 128 Cemeteries, Statutes, 128.1-128.164

Chapter 456 Cemetery Associations, Statutes, 456.1-456.543
(includes Crematory Companies and Vault Associations)

Chapter 600 Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts

Administrative Code

Chapter 128 Cemeteries, Statutes, 128.1-128.164

Act 215 of 1937 Cemetery or Burial Grounds
(128.1 - 128.3)
Act 46 of 1931 Public Cemeteries
(128.11 - 128.16)
Act 49 of 1895 Vacating Cemetery in Township
(128.31 - 128.36)
Act 164 of 1871 Vacating Cemetery in City or Village
(128.41 - 128.45)
Act 297 of 1929 Vacating Cemetery in City or Village
(128.51 - 128.57)
Act 113 of 1915 Care of Cemeteries
(128.61 - 128.62)
Act 95 of 1909 Trust Fund for Care of Cemeteries
(128.71 - 128.74)
Act 81 of 1903 Care and Preservation of Cemetery Lots
(128.81 - 128.88)
Act 211 of 1911 Fencing of Private Cemeteries
(128.101 - 128.103)
Act 88 of 1875 Exemption of Private Burial Grounds From Taxation or Attachment
(128.111 - 128.112)
Act 22 of 1905 Memory Days
(128.121 - 128.121)
Act 272 of 1909 Enlargement of Township Burial Grounds
(128.151 - 128.164)

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Chapter 456 Cemetery Associations, Statutes, 456.1-456.543

Act 87 of 1855 Cemetery Corporations
(456.1 - 456.36)
Act 185 of 1929 Cemetery Corporations; Extension of Corporate Life (456.51 - 456.52)
Act 12 of 1869 Rural Cemetery Corporations
(456.101 - 456.119)
Act 14 of 1903 Rural Cemetery Corporations; Extension of Corporate Life
(456.151 - 456.151)
Act 10 of 1927 Cemetery Corporations; Transfer of Rights to Municipal Corporation (456.181 - 456.184)
Act 58 of 1915 Cremation Companies (456.201 - 456.213)
Act 13 of 1882 Vault Associations (456.251 - 456.253)
Act 251 of 1968 Cemetery Regulation Act (456.521 - 456.543)

Chapter 600 Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts

Act 236 of 1961 Cemetery receivers and conservators; term; appointments;accounting; compensation and expenses. (600.2926a)

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Administrative Code

Bureau of Commercial Services, Cemetery Commission

R 339.11-339.47 Prepaid Funeral and Cemetery Sales
R 456.101-456.196 General Rules

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