· Interments and Disinterments ·

1. All interments, disinterments and removals are subject to the orders and laws of the properly constituted authorities of the City of Orlando, County of Orange, and State of Florida.
2. All earth interments shall be in a liner or vault of concrete or steel or other type subsequently approved for use by the City Council.
3. Charges for services rendered under this title are established by the City, and are payable prior to the service at the cemetery office.
4. Interments and disinterments are not permitted on Easter, Thanksgiving, or Christmas Day.
   The staff must be given 24 hours notice prior to any interment. One week's notice will be given for disinterment or removal.
5. No more than the remains of one body can be interred in anyone space, single vault, crypt, or niche, except in the case of a mother and stillborn child. However, with consent of the owner or heirs of the owner, an exception can be made to permit no more than one regular interment and one cremain or two cremains in anyone space, vault, crypt, or niche.
6. All cremains must be interred and appropriate arrangements for such interment scheduled with the staff. It is prohibited for cremains to be scattered in the cemetery, or buried without the City's permission.
7. In the absence of the owner's declaration of reservation, or other legal evidence of ownership, the City reserves the right to refuse to open any burial space and to refuse interment.
   If, for any reason, an interment space in a specified location cannot be obtained, the sexton, to prevent a delay in the services, may provide one in a location he deems best and proper. The City shall not be held liable in any way as a result of such action.
8. In plots owned by a church or organization, interment is limited to members and/or spouses and immediate family members, unless otherwise provided by deed.
9. The City shall not be liable for any delay in interment where protest by the legal representatives or heirs have been made, or where rules and regulations have not been complied with. Remains are the responsibility of the decedent's family, heirs, or executor until properly interred. Should any legal process or question prohibit the City from interring any person, it shall be the responsibility of the family, heirs, or executor to store such remains until the protest is resolved. In the event the City incurs any costs due to any such protest, it shall be the responsibility of the family, heirs, executor, etc. to reimburse the City for any such expenses.
10. The City is not liable for the interment permit, or for the identity of the remains brought for interment, nor for the embalming of the body.
11. Caskets containing remains, once interred, will not be opened or removed without the written consent of legal representatives of the deceased and/or an order from a court of competent jurisdiction. The City shall not be liable for any damages that may result from a removal.
12. Funeral processions entering the cemetery shall be under the control of the cemetery sexton. Funeral directors shall be present and conduct services as provided by existing State laws and City ordinances.
     

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