# Sec. 2-142. Definitions

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 2-142. Definitions

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-142 (2026)

(a) As used in this Division:

  (1) Cemetery shall mean a place dedicated to and used or intended to be used for the permanent interment of human remains. It may be either a burial park for earth interment; a mausoleum for vault or crypt interments; a structure or place used or intended to be used for the interment of cremated remains or any combination of one or more thereof. The provisions of this Division shall not apply, however, to cemeteries containing a total of less than one (1) acre of land available or to be made available for interment; or to any cemetery owned and operated by a bona fide and recognized church, synagogue, or other church or religious organization where more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the total amount of land available or to be made available for interment at any such cemetery has been reserved or is utilized exclusively by and for the benefit of recognized members and their families of such church, synagogue, or other church or religious organization; or to any cemetery operated by any nonprofit organization which was created by an act of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland prior to 1900.

  (2) Cemetery Authority shall mean a person, firm or corporation who undertakes to establish, maintain, manage, operate, improve or conduct a cemetery, the interring of human remains, or the care, preservation, and embellishment of cemetery property.

  (3) Condominium shall mean property subject to the condominium regime established under the Maryland Condominium Act, being Title 11 of the Article on Real Property of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

  (4) Consumer shall mean a natural person who purchases merchandise or services or borrows money or receives credit for his personal, family, household or agricultural purposes, or is required to pay for towing services that are not contracted for.

  (5) Director shall mean the Director of the Environment or the Director's designee.

  (6) Lender shall mean a person who loans money or extends credit to a consumer.

  (7) Merchandise shall mean real estate and any chattels, personal or real, including, but not limited to, goods, parts, materials and real estate leases.

  (8) Merchant shall mean a person who offers merchandise or services for purchase by a consumer.

  (9) Organization shall mean a corporation, trust, estate, partnership, cooperative, association, or any other group of individuals however organized.

  (10) Purchase shall mean and include taking by sale, discount, negotiation, mortgage, lien or lease.

  (11) Services shall mean work, labor, or any kind of activity furnished or agreed to be furnished to a consumer, including but not limited to building and construction services, underwriting services, the repair of automobiles, television sets and other similar commodities, the repair or installment of plumbing, heating, electrical or mechanical devices; provided, however, that nothing herein shall apply to the professional services of accountants, architects, clergymen, lawyers, engineers, surveyors, and medical and dental practitioners.