· Sales and Transfers ·

1. The staff will show available space locations and prepare the cemetery agreement for selected sites. Sales are not considered final until such time as the buyer completes the transaction.
2. Interment or the placing of a memorial shall not be permitted until the purchase price of the space has been paid in full.
3. A deed to the property shall be issued upon receipt of full payment. Such deed shall be subject to these rules and regulations, the applicable ordinances of the City of Orlando, and such restrictions as are of record. The sales agreement and the rules and regulations and any amendments thereto shall constitute the sole agreement between the City and the purchaser and no other agreement, not in writing, shall be recognized by the City.
4. Space may be purchased on an installment basis with an initial deposit and partial payments with interest payable in accordance with the terms of the agreement of sale. Payments are to be to the Revenue Collection Office, Orlando City Hall, 400 South Orange Avenue, Orlando FL 32801.
5. It is the responsibility of the space owner(s) to keep the Cemetery informed as to their correct mailing address. Notices or other correspondence mailed to owners or their legal representatives or heirs to the address on file with the Cemetery shall constitute actual delivery and notification.
6. No transfer or assignment of any space or interest therein shall be valid without prior consent of the City. Consent for transfer or assignment shall be withheld until payment for the space is received in full. It is the responsibility of an owner's heirs to prove ownership. No interment of family or heirs shall be allowed absent proof to the cemetery management of their ownership interest.
7. A space owner may sell or transfer his or her space only to a relative by blood or marriage; provided, however, a space owner may sell or transfer his or her space to a person not related by blood or marriage if the owner receives approval of said sale from City Council. In the event a space owner wishes to sell or transfer his or her space to a person other than a relative by blood or marriage in a sale or transfer not approved by City Council, the owner shall first offer in writing the space for sale to the City of Orlando for a purchase price equal to the price paid by the original purchaser of the space or one-half of the current selling price, whichever is greater, less a recording fee if the deed from the City to the owner is not recorded. If the City wishes to purchase the space, the City shall notify the owner thereof within five (5) days of receipt of notice, and the sale shall be closed within five (5) days after receipt by the City of evidence of title to the space satisfactory to the Office of Legal Affairs. If the City declines in writing to purchase the space, the owner may sell the space to any purchaser; provided, however, no such sale shall be valid unless the City endorses the deed to the space to the effect that the City has declined to exercise its right of first refusal to purchase the space.
    

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