Cemetery plot resources
Plain answers for people buying or selling a cemetery plot: transfer rules, pricing, and state-by-state differences.
Can you resell a cemetery plot in California?
California generally allows cemetery plot resale, but the rules differ for public cemetery districts and private cemeteries. Check with the cemetery or district before you list.
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How do you buy a cemetery plot?
Verify the seller owns the plot, confirm the transfer with the cemetery office before you pay, and compare the price against what the cemetery charges for a new plot.
What is endowment care?
Endowment care is the permanent maintenance fund attached to many burial plots - what it covers, and what it does not.
Can you resell a cemetery plot in Texas?
Texas generally allows cemetery plot resale. The cemetery may charge a transfer fee and may have the first option to buy the plot back.
Can you resell a cemetery plot in Virginia?
Virginia restricts cemetery plot resale. Read this before you list or buy a plot in Virginia.
What is a transfer fee?
A transfer fee is what the cemetery charges to update its records when a plot changes owners. It is separate from the plot price.
How do you sell a cemetery plot?
Confirm the burial right and the cemetery transfer process before you list, then give buyers the details needed to complete it.
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