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Municipal cemetery; application for authorization for commercial activity
As part of its right to local self-administration, each municipality can regulate whether or which permits or notifications are required for commercial activities at the cemetery in the user statutes for its cemetery.
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Description
The activities of sculptors, stonemasons and other tradespeople in the municipal cemetery may require prior approval from the municipality. You can obtain specific information on the permits or notifications that may be required from the respective municipality or the single point of contact responsible for you.
They will also be able to tell you what the specific licensing requirements are (e.g. expertise, suitability, reliability), how the procedure is handled, what evidence is required and what costs may be incurred.
Legal bases
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Benutzungssatzung für den Friedhof
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Administrative court action
Related issues
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Funeral facilities; construction and maintenance
The municipalities are obliged to establish and maintain the necessary burial facilities, in particular cemeteries and mortuaries.
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Cemetery, mortuary; adoption of rules of useThe municipalities must provide the necessary burial facilities, in particular cemeteries and mortuaries. This does not apply if there is no public need for them. This is particularly the case if a church cemetery sufficiently covers the need.
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Cemetery and burial fees; paymentThe municipalities charge fees for the use of their burial facilities on the basis of cemetery fee statutes.
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Gravestone; application for a permitMunicipalities can stipulate an approval requirement for gravestones in their cemetery statutes.
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Coroner's report and burial; application for permission for burial outside a cemetery
As a rule, the bodies and ashes of deceased persons must be buried in cemeteries. Permission for burial outside a cemetery may be requested in exceptional cases.
Status: 04.09.2024
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Sport und Integration
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