{"data":{"id":"us-me/13-m.r.s.-1304","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"13 M.R.S. §1304","heading":"Sales for speculation or investment","body":"The sale of cemetery lots and plots, or the sale of crypts in a community mausoleum or niches in a columbarium for speculative or financial investment purposes, or the conveyance of any portion of a cemetery already dedicated to burial purposes as security for debt, is prohibited.  Every such conveyance, whether made by a person or by a cemetery association, or by a company or association owning and operating a community mausoleum, crematory, natural organic reduction facility or columbarium, or by any holding, development or subsidiary company, is void and of no effect. Whoever makes or attempts to make a sale or conveyance contrary to this section must be punished as provided in section 1035.","path":["TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS","PART 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL","CHAPTER 83: CEMETERY CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER 3: PUBLIC CEMETERIES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/13/title13sec1304.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:27Z","sha256":"12ba3d8010805a01f899980ee5c06c0025e7081b856f57d5ea071b57c7896d22","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/13-m.r.s.-1303","next":"us-me/13-m.r.s.-1305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}