MCL - Section 339.1811

OCCUPATIONAL CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 299 of 1980


339.1811 Purchase of vault or similar receptacle as condition to burial prohibited; discrimination; right to require vault not impaired.

Sec. 1811.

    (1) The purchase of a vault or similar receptacle designed or intended to enclose or receive a casket, coffin, or other similar container from a particular individual, partnership, association, or corporation shall not be required as a condition to burial in a cemetery in this state. There shall not be a discrimination by price, burial fee, or otherwise by reason of a failure to purchase the vault or similar receptacle from or under the direction of the cemetery or the owner of the cemetery.
    (2) This section shall not limit the right of a cemetery to require the use of a vault in a burial in the cemetery.


History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980
Popular Name: Act 299