Fees:

Plot: $250.00

Permanent Care: $50.00

Headstone Setting: $110.00

The plot purchase fee, as well as the permanent care fee, must be paid upfront in order to reserve a plot location.

The headstone setting fee does not need to be paid until the headstone is ready to be set.

Rules and Regulations:

2.30.070 Restricted Uses

All conveyances of lots, blocks, tracts, or grave spaces in the cemetery shall be restricted for use for burial purposes only and shall restrict the grantee therein, his or her heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns from a sale or disposal thereof, without the consent of the city of Sumas, and shall further provide that such use by the grantee, his or her heirs, administrators, or assigns shall be governed by all rules and regulations now or hereafter imposed by the city of Sumas. (Ord. 1709 (part), 2017: Ord. 691 § 7, 1971)

2.30.110 Flower and decorations – Rules and restrictions

For purposes of care, maintenance and overall appearance in the cemetery, decorations, including artificial flowers, placed on burial plots are permitted in the cemetery so long as there are no more than three such items on one plot at any given time. Fresh cut flowers and potted plants are allowable as long as the flowers and pots are removed and disposed of when such items begin to wilt and fade. All items can be removed at the discretion of the city crew. The city will not be responsible for any decorations or flowers that are damaged, lost, destroyed, or stolen. (Ord. 1779 § 2, 2021)

**All casket burials require a liner, but urn burials do not.

**One plot can be shared as long as the burials are either 2 urns together or 1 casket with 1 urn together.

**2 caskets cannot be buried in the same plot. A second plot will need to be purchased.

**The City of Sumas does not buy back unused plots.