AN ACT to regulate the creation and management of cemeteries; to provide for a cemetery commissioner and to prescribe the powers and duties of the commissioner; to require the registration and audit of cemeteries; to provide standards regarding the long-term care of certain cemeteries and trusting of certain funds; to ...
Can You Bury a Body at Home? Michigan law permits the establishment of private burial grounds of less than one acre in size outside city or village limits.
To apply for a registration to establish a new cemetery, the applicant must apply through MiCLEAR, the website used by the Bureau to facilitate licensing under the Act. Instructional Guides for the application are included on the MiCLEAR website.
Can You Bury a Body at Home? Michigan law permits the establishment of private burial grounds of less than one acre in size outside city or village limits.
AN ACT to regulate the creation and management of cemeteries; to provide for a cemetery commissioner and to prescribe the powers and duties of the commissioner; to require the registration and audit of cemeteries; to provide standards regarding the long-term care of certain cemeteries and trusting of certain funds; to ...
Until it is used by the owner, that person owns the burial plot in perpetuity, and it can even be passed down to your next of kin.
Michigan: Green burial is legal but unregulated. Typically allows for burial of unembalmed bodies in biodegradable containers or shrouds.