A cemetery authority-registered is a business entity engaged in the operation of a cemetery in the State of Wisconsin. For the purposes of Department licensure, cemetery authority-registered means a cemetery association created under Ch. 157.062, Stats., or a corporation organized under Ch. 180 or 181, Stats., which operates a cemetery.
Registration is required for every cemetery authority that operates more than one cemetery shall apply for a separate registration for each cemetery that is less than 5 acres in size; that sells fewer than 20 cemetery lots or mausoleum spaces during a calendar year; or has less than $100,000 in pre-need trust accounts for a cemetery.
The following cemetery authorities are exempt from registration: cemetery authority of a cemetery organized, maintained and operated by a town, village, city, church, synagogue or mosque, religious, fraternal or benevolent society or incorporated college of a religious order.
