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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-8-240

  • Cemetery: means a place used, dedicated, or designated for cemetery purposes including any one or combination of:

    (a) perpetual care cemeteries;

    (b) burial parks for earth interment;

    (c) mausoleums;

    (d) columbariums. See South Carolina Code 40-8-30
  • Perpetual care: means the maintenance and the reasonable administration of the cemetery grounds and buildings in keeping with a cemetery properly maintained using a care and maintenance trust fund. See South Carolina Code 40-8-30
  • Person: means an individual, entity, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or association. See South Carolina Code 40-8-30
Except as provided in § 40-8-200, no person including a cemetery company is permitted to establish a new public cemetery unless it is a perpetual care cemetery that meets all requirements of this chapter.