North DakotaCemetery operators must reserve sales money for lasting cemetery care
North Dakota law requires cemeteries with permanent care funds to deposit money from space sales, with minimum amounts and exceptions for certain shared buildings.
What it does
Cemetery operators must set aside at least 10% of space sales for lasting care, with dollar minimums. Certain shared burial buildings follow a construction-cost rule instead.
Argument forSetting aside money from space sales could help cemeteries keep funds available for care long after people buy burial spaces.
Argument againstSetting aside part of each sale could leave cemetery operators less money to pay immediate expenses.
More detail
Cemetery operators must put at least 10% of the full selling price into a permanent care fund, with dollar minimums and exceptions. The requirements cover organizations operating perpetual care cemeteries—cemeteries with funds for lasting upkeep—and spaces they sell or otherwise transfer. Deposits must also meet minimums of $20 for adult burial spaces, $100 for mausoleum and other above-ground burial spaces, and $10 for urn niches. Children's spaces require at least $5 for spaces up to 42 inches long or $10 for spaces up to 60 inches long. An exception covers mausoleums and buildings holding urns in cemeteries whose care funds contain at least 10% of cemetery lot sale proceeds. The fund for the public or community building itself must contain at least 10% of its construction cost.
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- Passed House
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History
- 2025
- Apr 21Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16Latest
- Apr 18Signed by Governor Kelly Armstrong 04/16Became Law
- Apr 15Sent to GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 15Signed by Speaker
- Apr 14Signed by President
- Apr 9Returned to House
- Apr 8Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 7Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1219. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 4Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0Minor
- Apr 3Committee Hearing 10:15
- Feb 13Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government CommitteeMinor
- Feb 6Received from House
- Feb 5Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0Passed House
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1219. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 31Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 12 0 1Minor
- Jan 31Committee Hearing 10:00
- Jan 10Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions CommitteeIntroduced
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