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HRS §441-36

Perpetual care required

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

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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