§ 7-08 Transfer of Burial Right.
RCNY § 7-08
(a)No burial right may be sold, transferred, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of without the written consent of the Commissioner on the cemetery's official transfer of right of burial form.
(b)No burial right with respect to a grave in which an interment has been made may be sold, transferred, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of, except to a family member.
(c)If a plot holder wishes to sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of to a person other than a family member a burial right with respect to an empty grave, the cemetery may, at the option of the Commissioner, repurchase the burial right for the price originally paid by the plot holder, less any outstanding charges due the cemetery by the plot holder.
(d)No burial right may be sold, transferred, exchanged or otherwise disposed of so long as there are any outstanding charges due the cemetery by the plot holder with respect to the burial right in question or any other burial right held by the plot holder.
(e)No sale, transfer, exchange, or other disposition of a burial right in a plot covered by annual care will be permitted unless the transferee purchases a perpetual care contract for the plot.
