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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="10-401" title_number="10" title_name="Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Crimes Relating to Human Remains">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Associated funerary object” means an item of human manufacture or use that is intentionally placed:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>with human remains at the time of interment in a burial site; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>after interment, as a part of a death ceremony of a culture, religion, or group.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Associated funerary object” includes a gravestone, monument, tomb, or other structure in or directly associated with a burial site.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Burial site” means a natural or prepared physical location, whether originally located below, on, or above the surface of the earth, into which human remains or associated funerary objects are deposited as a part of a death ceremony of a culture, religion, or group.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Burial site” includes the human remains and associated funerary objects that result from a shipwreck or accident and are left intentionally to remain at the site.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Permanent cemetery” means a cemetery that is owned by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a cemetery company regulated under Title 5 of the Business Regulation Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a nonprofit organization; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
