§ 8729 Cemetery Endowment Care Funds

Health and Safety Code·California

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•When you buy a cemetery plot, you pay extra money for its future upkeep.
•This extra money goes into a special fund to keep the cemetery nice.
•The cemetery must use this money only for taking care of the cemetery, like cutting grass or fixing fences.

Example

You buy a burial plot in a cemetery.

Part of what you pay goes into a fund to make sure the cemetery stays clean and well-kept. The cemetery can’t use this money for anything else.

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§ 8729 Cemetery Endowment Care Funds

Upon payment of the purchase price and the amount fixed as a proportionate contribution for endowment care, there may be included in the deed of conveyance or by separate instrument an agreement to use the income from such endowment care fund for the care, maintenance, and embellishment in accordance with the plan adopted, for the cemetery and its appurtenances to the proportionate extent the income received by the cemetery authority from the contribution will permit. (Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 176.)

Last verified: January 24, 2026

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endowment care fund agreement conveyance deed port contribution instrument maintenance

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 8729.

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