# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 5. Cemeteries

### Subtitle 5. Cemetery Property

#### Section 5-502

(a) An alley, canal, road, or other public thoroughfare may not be opened through property of a cemetery if that property is used or to be used for burial.

(b) This section does not authorize a registered cemeterian, permit holder, or other person to obstruct:

  (1) a public road in use when the cemetery is formed; or

  (2) the site of a future public road that, when the cemetery is formed, is shown on a plat made by authority of the State, a county, or a municipal corporation.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)