NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-72 (2026)

Burial without regard to race or color

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(a) It shall be the public policy of the State that all cemetery companies or other legal entities conducting or maintaining public or private cemeteries shall sell to all applicants and bury all deceased human beings on equal terms without regard to race or color. Anything contrary hereto is void and of no legal effect. Bylaws, rules and regulations, contracts, deeds, etc., may permit designation of parts of cemeteries or burial grounds for the specific use of persons whose religious code required isolation. Any program offering free burial rights to veterans or any other person or group of persons shall not be conditioned by any requirement to purchase additional burial rights or merchandise.

(b) Any cemetery company or other legal entity violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and each violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense. (1975, c. 768, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 502; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

§ 65-73. Validation of certain deeds for cemetery lots executed by suspended corporations.

Any deed for a cemetery lot or lots which was executed prior to January 1, 1979, and which would have been valid if the charter of the grantor corporation had not been suspended at the time the deed was executed, is hereby validated. (1979, c. 225, s. 1.)

Article 10.

Access to and Maintenance of Private Graves and Abandoned Public Cemeteries.

§ 65-74: Repealed by Session Laws 2007-118, s. 6, effective July 1, 2007, and applicable to all trusts created on or after that date.

§ 65-75: Repealed by Session Laws 2007-118, s. 6, effective July 1, 2007, and applicable to all trusts created on or after that date.

§ 65-76: Reserved for future codification purposes.

Article 11.

Minimum Burial Depth.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2005–2005 · leading case: Jarman v. Deason, 618 S.E.2d 776 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005).

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Jarman v. Deason, 618 S.E.2d 776 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “§ 53-180 (d) (2003) (prohibiting discrimination with respect to the extension of credit on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or marital status); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-72 (a) (2003) (stating the policy of the State as prohibiting cemeteries from…”

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Jarman v. Deason, 618 S.E.2d 776 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005). “§ 53-180 (d) (2003) (prohibiting discrimination with respect to the extension of credit on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or marital status); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-72 (a) (2003) (stating the policy of the State as prohibiting cemeteries from…”

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