Chapter 68.28 RCW MAUSOLEUMS
AND COLUMBARIUMS
SECTIONS
| 68.28.010 |
Sections applicable to mausoleums, columbariums, etc. |
| 68.28.020 |
Building converted to use as a place of interment. |
| 68.28.050 |
Ordinances and specifications to be complied with. |
| 68.28.060 |
Improper construction a nuisance -- Penalty. |
| 68.28.070 |
Construction in compliance with existing laws. |
RCW 68.28.010
Sections applicable to mausoleums, columbariums, etc.
RCW 68.28.020 through 68.28.070,
68.20.080, 68.20.090, *68.48.040 and 68.48.060, apply to all buildings,
mausoleums and columbariums used or intended to be used for the interment of the
remains of fifteen or more persons whether erected under or above the surface of
the earth where any portion of the building is exposed to view or, when
interment is completed, is less than three feet below the surface of the earth
and covered by earth.
[1943 c 247 § 134; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-134.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 68.48.040 and
68.48.060 have been recodified as RCW 68.56.040 and 68.56.050, respectively,
pursuant to 1987 c 331 § 89.
RCW 68.28.020
Building converted to use as a place of interment.
A building not erected for, or which is not used as, a place of interment of
human remains which is converted or altered for such use is subject to *this
act.
[1943 c 247 § 135; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-135.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: For "this
act," see note following RCW 68.04.020.
RCW 68.28.030
Standards of construction.
No building or structure intended to be used for the interment of human
remains shall be constructed, and a building not used for the interment of human
remains shall not be altered for use or used for interment purposes, unless
constructed of such material and workmanship as will insure its durability and
permanence as dictated and determined at the time by modern mausoleum
construction and engineering science.
[1943 c 247 § 136; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-136.]
RCW 68.28.040
Fireproof construction.
All mausoleums or columbariums hereafter constructed shall be of class A
fireproof construction.
[1943 c 247 § 137; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-137.]
NOTES:
Effective date -- 1943 c 247: See note
following RCW 68.20.040.
RCW 68.28.050
Ordinances and specifications to be complied with.
If the proposed site is within the jurisdiction of a city having ordinances
and specifications governing class A construction, the provisions of the local
ordinances and specifications shall not be violated.
[1943 c 247 § 138; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-138.]
RCW 68.28.060
Improper construction a nuisance -- Penalty.
Every owner or operator of a mausoleum or columbarium erected in violation
of *this act is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance and upon conviction is
punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five
thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than one month
nor more than six months, or by both; and, in addition is liable for all costs,
expenses and disbursements paid or incurred in prosecuting the case.
[1943 c 247 § 140; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-140.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: For "this
act," see note following RCW 68.04.020.
RCW 68.28.065
Court to fix costs.
The costs, expenses and disbursements shall be fixed by the court having
jurisdiction of the case.
[1943 c 247 § 141; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-141.]
RCW 68.28.070
Construction in compliance with existing laws.
The penalties of *this act shall not apply as to any building which, at the
time of construction was constructed in compliance with the laws then existing,
if its use is not in violation of the laws for the protection of public health.
[1943 c 247 § 142; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-142.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: For "this
act," see note following RCW 68.04.020.