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Updated August 13, 2019

1. At least 48 hours’ notice must be given to Cemetery personnel to prepare for a burial. All graves will be prepared by the Tree & Grounds Department for a fee (see Rates). Winter burial, from December 1 through April 1, may include additional charges (see Rates).
2. If a burial must be postponed due to weather, the funeral director and family will be immediately notified.
3. Cemeteries will be open for interments between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm, Monday through Saturday. Funerals that enter the cemetery after these hours may be subject to extra hourly fees (see Rates). (see Rates).
4. The Cemetery Committee reserves the right to refuse any interment.
5. A Cemetery Committee member or Town-approved Witness must be present at all burials from grave opening until closing.
6. No full burial can be allowed without a proper death certificate. No cremation burial can be allowed without a Crematory Certificate or Cremation Affidavit. Interment Orders must accompany all burials. All paperwork must be accompanied by full payment for the burial. Please give payment to the Cemetery Committee member or Witness present.
7. A Liner/Vault must be provided for all casket burials. The Town does not provide this item.
8. As original cemetery record-keeping has been determined to have an occasional error, the Cemetery Committee reserves the right to correct any past record-keeping errors regarding interments, disinterment, or removals; regarding the description, transfer, or conveyance of any interment property (either by cancelling such conveyance and substituting any conveyance in lieu thereof other property of equal value and similar locations as possible), or by refunding the amount of money paid on account of said purchase. In the event such an error shall involve the disinterment of the remains of any person in such property, the Cemetery Committee reserves the right to remove or transfer such remains so interred to another lot of equal value and similar location in which case the new lot shall be conveyed and the owner shall re-convey the former lot.
9. Burials on any day that the Town of Norwell considers a holiday, on Saturday after 2:00 pm, or on Sundays may not be possible (depending on staff availability) and will incur additional fees (see Rates).

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^1. Subject to Amendment

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