# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 5. Cemeteries

### Subtitle 6. Perpetual Care

#### Section 5-602

(a) This subtitle does not apply to a cemetery that:

  (1) has less than 1 acre available for burial; or

  (2) is owned and operated by:

    (i) a county;

    (ii) a municipal corporation;

    (iii) a church;

    (iv) a synagogue;

    (v) a religious organization;

    (vi) a nonprofit organization created before 1900 by an act of the General Assembly;

    (vii) a family and does not conduct public sales; or

    (viii) a State veterans agency.

(b) This subtitle does not apply to the sale of a below-ground earth-covered chamber.

(c) This subtitle does not amend a trust agreement covering a perpetual care fund that existed on or before July 1, 1973, except as to:

  (1) the appointment of a successor trustee or cotrustee;

  (2) deposits into the fund after July 1, 1973; and

  (3) the withdrawal from the fund of income on deposits made after July 1, 1973.

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