§ 21-20-104. SALE OR LEASE.

(a)

Sale, lease or use restricted. An owner of a pet cemetery may not enter into a contract for the sale or lease of pet cemetery grounds, or use the grounds for purposes other than as a pet cemetery, unless the owner of the pet cemetery complies with the provisions of this section.

(b)

Publication of notice of sale, lease or use required. The owner of a pet cemetery shall publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation of an impending sale, lease, or use of pet cemetery grounds for purposes other than as a pet cemetery.

(c)

Written notice required. The owner of a pet cemetery shall give written notice of an impending sale, lease, or use of pet cemetery grounds for purposes other than as a pet cemetery to:

(1)

Each pet owner with a pet interred or inurned in the pet cemetery; and

(2)

Each owner of an unused pet burial lot in the pet cemetery that will be affected by the owner's intent to sell, lease, or use pet cemetery grounds for purposes other than as a pet cemetery.

(d)

Action upon receipt of notice.

(1)

Each pet owner that receives notice under subsection (c) of this section has the option, within 90 days of receipt of the notice, to relocate the remains of the pet to a comparable pet cemetery in the State with an available burial lot at the expense of the current owner of the pet cemetery.

(2)

Each owner of an unused burial lot that receives notice under subsection (c) of this section shall be reimbursed for the full contract price for the purchase of the burial lot upon presenting to the pet cemetery owner a receipt for the purchase of the lot.

(Bill No. 64-12, § 1, 11-16-2012)