Tennessee Code 46-1-201 – Purpose of part
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 46-1-201
- Cemetery: means any land or structure in this state dedicated to and used, or intended to be used, for interment of human remains. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
- Cemetery merchandise: means personal property sold by a cemetery company, such as foundations, markers, memorials, memorial bases, monuments, urns, vases, and lawn and mausoleum crypts. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
- Improvement care: means the continual maintenance of the cemetery grounds and graves in keeping with a properly maintained cemetery, including cutting of grass, raking and cleaning of cemetery plots at reasonable intervals, and pruning of shrubs and trees. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
- Pre-need: means the time prior to death when the use of cemetery merchandise or services is not actually required. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
- Services: means acts performed by a cemetery company on its premises in the final interment of human remains or the installation of cemetery merchandise used in connection with final interment. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
It is the purpose of this part to require cemetery companies in the state to carry at all times a sufficient improvement care trust fund to maintain, keep up and beautify the cemeteries, without commercializing the operation of the cemeteries, and to maintain a pre-need merchandise and services trust fund to ensure that the pre-need sale of cemetery merchandise and services is properly accounted for and administered.