Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.101 (2026)

Cemetery corporations; incorporators, name.

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RURAL CEMETERY CORPORATIONS

Act 12 of 1869

456.101 Cemetery corporations; incorporators, name.

Sec. 1.

That any number of persons not less than 10, who shall by articles of agreement in writing, associate themselves according to the provisions of this act, under any name assumed by them, for the purpose of purchasing land for a cemetery in this state, and for fencing, laying out, improving, maintaining and establishing the same and who shall comply with sections 2 and 3 of this act, shall, with their successors and assigns, constitute a body politic or corporate, under the name assumed by them in their articles of association: Provided, however, That no 2 corporations shall assume the same name.

History: 1869, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1869 ;-- CL 1871, 3408 ;-- How. 4763 ;-- CL 1897, 8399 ;-- CL 1915, 11160 ;-- CL 1929, 10440 ;-- CL 1948, 456.101

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1962–1990 · leading case: Campau v. McMath, 463 N.W.2d 186 (Mich. Ct. App. 1990).

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Campau v. McMath, 463 N.W.2d 186 (Mich. Ct. App. 1990). “Defendants also assert that the rural cemetery corporations act, MCL 456.101 et seq.; MSA 21.871 et seq., prohibited the removal of the first board prior to the end of their one-year term.”

Spencer v. Flint Mem'l Park Assn., 144 N.W.2d 622 (Mich. Ct. App. 1966). · cites it 2× “Defendant was organized under PA 1869, No 12, as amended, CL 1948, § 456.101 (Stat Ann 1963 Rev §21.871) which act is entitled: “ ‘An act to authorize and encourage the formation of corporations to establish rural cemeteries, and to provide for the care and maintenance thereof,…”

Wayne Prosecuting Attorney v. Nat'l Mem'l Gardens, Inc., 115 N.W.2d 312 (Mich. 1962). “(CL 1948 and CLS 1956, § 456.101 et seq. [Stat Ann and Stat Ann 1961 Cum Supp § 21.”

City of Royal Oak v. Roseland Park Cemetery Ass'n, 177 N.W.2d 702 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970). “Organized under the rural cemetery act, MOLA § 456.101 (Stat Ann 1963 Rev § 21.871).”

Acacia Park Cemetery Ass'n v. Southfield Twp., 268 N.W.2d 373 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). “Plaintiff is a Michigan corporation organized as a rural cemetery association pursuant to MCL 456.101 et seq.; MSA 21.871 et seq. It was assessed a total of $144,981.”

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