Transferring Ownership
Interment Rights Holder may wish to transfer or sell unused graves, the original Certificate of Interment Rights must be returned and a new one will be issued. This is done at the Lakefield Cemetery Office and a fee will be charged.
Difficulties most often arise when the Interment Rights are registered in the name of someone who has been deceased for a considerable period of time and has left descendants in a number of generations. This often occurs in “family plots” where an ancestor purchased a block of graves for the use of the family.
Transferring the unused Interment Rights to a family member before they are needed will help ease part of the burden for the family when a death occurs.
Endoresement or Transfer of Interment Rights
Endorsement of Sale or Transfer of Rights
This form is to be used by either the current living Interment Rights Holder(s) registered at the Lakefield Cemetery or after their death, by their legal heir(s) or authorized representative(s). This form transfers the Interment Rights from the Interment Rights Holder of record with the Cemetery to the person named on this document. The executor can complete this document on behalf of the deceased for a period of 3 years from the date of death of the Interment Rights Holder(s). After the 3 year period all surviving children or grandchildren following the Succession Law Reform Act, 1990, will be required.
This document once filed with the Cemetery will allow the new Interment Rights Holder(s) to direct future interments and memorialization on the grave, lot or niche. The fee to transfer the Interment Rights can be found in the Cemetery Price List.
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