HRS §441-36

Perpetual care required

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This section says that any new cemetery must be a perpetual care cemetery, and existing cemeteries can only call themselves that if they follow the law. Cemetery operators must set up a fund for perpetual care.

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The statute, as written — Perpetual care required

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

Any cemetery hereafter established shall be a perpetual care cemetery. No existing cemetery shall be operated as, or advertised or represented to be, a perpetual care cemetery except in compliance with this chapter. Every cemetery authority operating a perpetual care cemetery shall establish a perpetual care fund.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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