FAQs

Does the City buy back vacant burial plots?: No. The City does not purchase back burial plots that have been sold. However, an owner of a cemetery plot may sell or transfer a burial space or spaces in his or her plot upon approval of the City Manager or his or her designee. In order to meet the approval, a notarized document containing pertinent information must be submitted and a transfer fee will be charged in most cases. The transfer fee will be equal to the difference in the current sale price of the owner and the purchaser's cost based on the applicable sale price for the plot or plots if purchased directly from the City. Transfer documents not recorded and filed in the City Finance Department will be deemed invalid. A plot or plots may not be sold for more than the current rate in effect at the time of sale.

▼
Cemetery

1. Do you have to be a resident of Lincolnton to be buried in Hollybrook Cemetery?: No, you do not have to be a City resident. Please see fee schedule as different rates apply to inside residents and outside residents.
Fee Schedule

2. Does the City buy back vacant burial plots?: No. The City does not purchase back burial plots that have been sold. However, an owner of a cemetery plot may sell or transfer a burial space or spaces in his or her plot upon approval of the City Manager or his or her designee. In order to meet the approval, a notarized document containing pertinent information must be submitted and a transfer fee will be charged in most cases. The transfer fee will be equal to the difference in the current sale price of the owner and the purchaser's cost based on the applicable sale price for the plot or plots if purchased directly from the City. Transfer documents not recorded and filed in the City Finance Department will be deemed invalid. A plot or plots may not be sold for more than the current rate in effect at the time of sale.

3. Does the City require payment in full when purchasing a burial plot or can payments be made?: All burial plots must be paid in full at the time of purchase. Methods of payment include cash, check or credit card (Visa, MasterCard or Discovery).

4. Are family monuments and foot markers allowed?: Yes. However, there are size restrictions based on each section. Please see Hollybrook Cemetery Rules and Regulations for details. Click here for Cemetery Rules and Regulations

5. Are cemetery embellishments allowed?: Only ground level floral arrangements placed in approved vases are allowed. No coping, fencing, hedging, ground mounds, borders or curbs or decorations are allowed.

6. Does the City charge a fee for the opening of a grave?: No. The funeral home charges this fee.

7. Does the City issue a deed when burial plots are purchased?: No. The owner of the burial plot is purchasing the right to be buried in Hollybrook.

8. Does the City sell monuments and foot markers?: No. Monuments and foot markers must be purchased through a monument company.

9. Does the City engrave monuments and foot markers?: No, this is the responsibility of the purchaser.

10. Does the City ever remove flowers from graves?: Yes. The City removes all Christmas flowers two weeks prior to Easter Sunday each year. All other flowers in poor condition will be removed at this time as well.