# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 5. Cemeteries

### Subtitle 8. Miscellaneous Provisions

#### Section 5-804

(a) In this section, "perpetual care" has the meaning stated in Sec. 5-601 of this title.

(b) A registered cemeterian or permit holder that engages in the operation of a cemetery or burial goods business who sells or offers to sell to the public a burial lot or a burial right in a cemetery for pet remains as to which perpetual care is stated or implied owes a duty of perpetual care for the cemetery in which the pet remains are interred.

(c) The Director shall adopt regulations in accordance with Sec. 5-204(a) of this title to enforce the requirements of this section.

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