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Cemetery and burial fees; payment
The municipalities charge fees for the use of their burial facilities on the basis of cemetery fee statutes.
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Gemeinde Ahorn - Friedhofsverwaltung
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Hauptstraße 40
96482 Ahorn
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Hauptstraße 40
96482 Ahorn
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Description
The fees for the use of the municipal burial facilities can generally be divided into grave usage fees and burial fees.
The amount of the grave usage fees is essentially based on the cost of providing and maintaining the cemetery. It is usually charged once in advance for the entire period of use. The burial fees cover the usual services for a burial, such as opening and closing the grave, laying out in the mortuary, etc., taking into account the regular expenses.
A distinction must be made between the user fees and the administrative fee that the municipality can charge for official acts with which it enforces the burial regulations.
Requirements
The user fees are set out in a statute on the basis of the Local Rates Act. The fee revenue should cover the costs that can be calculated according to economic principles. The fees are also to be calculated according to the extent to which the public facility is used. The prerequisite for charging administrative fees is a municipal cost statute, the legal basis of which is the Cost Act. The administrative costs and the importance of the matter must be taken into account.
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Related issues
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Burial; registrationMunicipalities can stipulate in their cemetery statutes that a burial in their cemetery must be registered.
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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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Municipal cemetery; application for authorization for commercial activityAs 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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Gravestone; application for a permitMunicipalities can stipulate an approval requirement for gravestones in their cemetery statutes.
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Grave space; application for a right of useWhen allocating a grave site in a municipal cemetery, the municipality grants the citizen a temporary right of use subject to a fee.
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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: 06.12.2024
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Sport und Integration
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