N.Y. GBS Law § 450
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Unlawful acts relating to sales of cemetery property
Official statutory text
§ 450. Unlawful acts relating to sales of cemetery property. The sale\nor procuring any agreement for sale of cemetery lots or plots, or of\ncrypts or niches in a community mausoleum, or niches in a columbarium or\ncrematorium, upon the promise, representation or inducement of re-sale\nat a financial profit is hereby prohibited. Any person or individual\nwho shall make, or attempt to make, either on his own behalf or on\nbehalf of another a sale conveyance or agreement contrary to the\nprovisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
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