Manuals
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Responsibilities of Officers, Directors and Trustees of Cemetery Corporations
Responsibilities of leadership for not-for-profit corporation cemeteries.
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Grandfathered Combinations
Three determinations involving funeral entities that operate crematories.
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Pre-Need Sales of Funeral and Burial Merchandise
Opinion of Board to the obligations of public cemetery corporations with respect to persons who purchase funeral or burial merchandise before it is needed.
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Bulletins
Download January 2023 Cemetery Bulletin
Download January 2022 Cemetery Bulletin
Download January 2021 Cemetery Bulletin
Download January 2020 Cemetery Bulletin
Download January 2019 Cemetery Bulletin
Download January 2018 Cemetery Bulletin
Download January 2017 Cemetery Bulletin
Download January 2016 Cemetery Bulletin
Download March 2016 Cemetery Bulletin #2
Download January 2015 Cemetery Bulletin
Download January 2014 Cemetery Bulletin
Download January 2010 Cemetery Bulletin
Download January 2009 Cemetery Bulletin
Download October 2007 Cemetery Bulletin
Download October 2005 Cemetery Bulletin
Download December 2004 Cemetery Bulletin
Download June 2004 Cemetery Bulletin
Download December 2002 Cemetery Bulletin
Download December 2001 Cemetery Bulletin
Download August 2001 Cemetery Bulletin
Download November 2000 Cemetery Bulletin
Download May 2000 Cemetery Bulletin
Download March 2000 Cemetery Bulletin
Download September 1999 Cemetery Bulletin
Download March 1999 Cemetery Bulletin
Download July 1998 Cemetery Bulletin
Forms
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Authorization for Cremation and Disposition (1898-f)
Provides important information to the person(s) in control of disposition of the remains of a deceased and provides necessary information to the crematory receiving the remains.
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Application for Repair or Removal of Dilapidated or Disrepaired Monuments That Create a Dangerous Condition
Cemetery corporations may apply for funds to repair or replace monuments not owned by the cemetery but which create a dangerous condition because of disrepair.
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Application for Restoration of Vandalism Damage
This application applies only to Not-for-Profit Cemetery Corporations and must be completed in full.
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Application for Funds for Maintenance of Abandoned Cemeteries
Reimbursement for reasonable expenses for maintenance may be made on behalf of an abandoned cemetery by the municipality in charge of the maintenance of such cemetery.
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Application to Reacquire a Lot Pursuant to Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Request for approval by the New York State Cemetery Board to reacquire the lot or plot pursuant to Not-for-Profit Corporation Law.
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Application to Subdivide a Lot, and to Reacquire the Unused Portions of the Resubdivided Lot, Pursuant to Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Request for approval to subdivide the lot or plot and to reacquire those portions of the resubdivided Lot which do not contain the remains of any deceased person or persons.
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Application to Subdivide a Lot, and to Reacquire the Unused Portions of the Resubdivided Lot, Pursuant to Not-for-Profit Corporation Law (Used When Lot Owner(s) is/are Known)
Requests for approval to subdivide the lot or plot and to reacquire those portions of the resubdivided lot which do not contain the remains of any deceased person or persons.
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Certification of Application for an Increase of Service Charges Using the Employment Cost Index
Used to measure of the change in the cost of labor, including changes in wages and salaries and employer cost for employee benefits.
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File Annual Financial Report
REMINDER - ANNUAL REPORT FILING: Cemetery operators must file reports by March 31, or 90 days after the fiscal year end. Cemeteries non-compliant with filing due dates are subject to Not-for-Profit Corporation law:
"Any cemetery corporation or individual failing to [timely] file [the annual report]...shall forfeit to the people of the state the sum of one hundred dollars for each day that each such report shall be delayed or withheld."
ONLINE SUBMISSION: Use Google Chrome to quickly and easily submit your annual report online.
PAPER SUBMISSION: Print out an Annual Financial Report form for completion by hand:
- Annual Financial Report of Cemetery Corporation Parts 1-3 (all cemeteries must complete Parts 1-3)
- Part 4 of Annual Financial Report of Cemetery Corporation - Perpetual Care Reconciliation and PM Loans
- Part 5 of Annual Financial Report of Cemetery Corporation - Pre-Need and Installment Sales
- Part 6 of Annual Financial Report of Cemetery Corporation - Certificates of Indebtedness and Land Share Certificates