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Ch. 591
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(I) 1. IN A PERMANENT CEMETERY THAT PROVIDES PERPETUAL
CARE; OR
2. IN A PLACE OTHER THAN A PERMANENT CEMETERY WITH
THE AGREEMENT OF, OR AT THE REQUEST OF, A PERSON IN INTEREST AS DEFINED
IN § 14-121(A)(4) OF THE REAL PROPERTY ARTICLE; AND
(II) IN THE PRESENCE OF:
1. A MORTICIAN, PROFESSIONAL CEMETERIAN, OR OTHER
INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIED IN THE INTERMENT OF HUMAN REMAINS;
2. A MINISTER, PRIEST, OR OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADER; OR
3. A TRAINED ANTHROPOLOGIST OR ARCHAEOLOGIST.
(2) THE LOCATION OF THE FINAL DISPOSITION AND TREATMENT OF
HUMAN REMAINS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM A BURIAL SITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE ENTERED INTO THE LOCAL BURIAL
SITES INVENTORY OR, IF NO LOCAL BURIAL SITES INVENTORY EXISTS, INTO
WHATEVER RECORD OR INVENTORY DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY OR THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST.
(G) THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO INTERFERE WITH THE
NORMAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CEMETERY AS
LONG AS THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CEMETERY ARE PERFORMED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
GRAVEYARD DESECRATION
267.
(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION, "ASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECT" MEANS AN ITEM
OF HUMAN MANUFACTURE OR USE THAT IS INTENTIONALLY PLACED WITH HUMAN
REMAINS AT THE TIME OF INTERMENT IN A BURIAL SITE OR PLACED LATER AS PART
OF A DEATH RITE OR CEREMONY OF A CULTURE, RELIGION, OR GROUP.
(2) "ASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECT" INCLUDES ANY GRAVESTONE,
MONUMENT, TOMB, OR OTHER STRUCTURE IN OR DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH A
BURIAL SITE.
(a) (B) Any person who wilfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures, or
removes any tomb, monument, gravestone, AN ASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECT or
other structure placed in any cemetery, or any building, wall, fence, railing, or other
work, for the use, protection, or ornamentation of any cemetery in this State is guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $5,000 $10,000, or imprisoned for
not more than 3 5 years, or both.
(b) (C) Any person who wilfully destroys, cuts, breaks, or removes any tree,
plant, or shrub in any cemetery in this State, or who is found guilty of indecent or
disorderly conduct within said limits, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be
fined not more than $500, or imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.
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