Bronze Plaques Colorado

Colorado regulates cemeteries lightly. The state does not license or register them, and CRS Title 6, Article 24 says nothing about markers bought elsewhere or about setting fees, so in Denver each cemetery’s own rules decide. Two of those rulebooks are current and detailed. Fairmount and Riverside adopted new memorialization rules effective October 1, 2026, which accept memorials bought outside the company subject to an inspection fee and print sizes such as a 2′ x 1′ single flat marker. The Catholic cemeteries of CFCS of Colorado approve third party monuments in general sections but pour every foundation themselves. This page covers Denver in full, the Front Range city cemeteries that bundle their own plaques, and Fort Logan National Cemetery. We cast the bronze plaque, price it in US dollars with shipping included, and leave the base and the setting to the cemetery or a monument dealer.

Colorado law: CRS 6-24 and no state licensing

“The Colorado Office of Funeral and Mortuary Science Services does not license or register Colorado cemeteries, nor does the Program have jurisdiction concerning consumer complaints filed against cemeteries.” The cemetery law in CRS Title 6, Article 24 has no section on outside markers or caps on setting fees. Two sections do touch markers. Under CRS 6-24-106(5), an endowment care cemetery that builds foundations and takes payment for the care of markers as part of foundation, setting or endowment charges must deposit all of those care payments in its irrevocable endowment care fund, which is why Denver cemeteries fold care into the setting price. Under 6-24-109, only the owner of a burial memorial, or someone the owner authorizes, may change its inscription.

Fairmount and Riverside: rules effective October 1, 2026

Fairmount and Riverside in Denver revised their memorialization rules “effective as of October 1, 2026”. The general rules: “All memorials must be approved by the Company prior to being ordered and placed”; “All monumentation must be of granite or bronze” apart from US Government white marble uprights; “Memorials must be set on a proper foundation”; and “Memorials purchased outside the Company are subject to an inspection fee to ensure they meet regulations.” No inspection fee amount is printed anywhere in the document; the only dollar figure is “a $1M liability policy” with Fairmount named as additional insured, required of outside installers. For niches, “Bronze plates must be purchased through the Company” in Lower Ivy Terrace, while in the Hall of Memories and Family Rooms bronze plates may replace panel engraving.

Fairmount sizes by section

The October 2026 rules print sizes section by section. In Park Plan Areas and the many blocks listed, “Bronze or granite markers are permitted” at “Single: 2′ x 1′ x 0’4″” and “Companion: 3′ x 1′ x 0’4″”, with infants at 1’6″ x 0’10”. In the Block 28 Children’s Area “Either flat granite or bronze markers are permitted” and “All infant and child markers are 1’6″ x 0’10″”. The Garden of Honor, the military section, takes “Two flush to the ground 2′ x 1′ bronze markers” on a 5’2″ x 1’4″ x 0’4″ Georgia Gray granite base “with a built-in flower vase which must be purchased through the cemetery”, and “Government issued markers are not permitted” there, so ask the office whether it will accept an outside bronze on its base before ordering for that section.

Catholic cemeteries: CFCS of Colorado guidelines of 2023

Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services of Colorado runs Mount Olivet in Wheat Ridge and Saint Simeon in Aurora. Its General Monument Guidelines (updated 9/08/2023) say “All monuments must be approved by Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services (CFCS) of Colorado. This includes third party monuments.” “Foundations will be poured by CFCS of Colorado only. Charges apply.” and “A setting fee may apply.” No amounts are published. The sizes: “Minimum marker dimension allowed is 16″x8″x2″”, a single grave base maximum of “36”x16″”, flat markers “at least 3″ thick”, granite or bronze only.

Several Mount Olivet sections are closed or narrower. Section 36, Block 1, Lot 22 says “No outside monument purchases allowed”; Section 40 and Section 51 take CFCS supplied monuments only; Section 25 Block 7 allows “Max 24″x12″x3″ Flat”; Section 61 Block 1 Lots 3 to 8 a maximum of 20″x10″x4″; and Section 62 “The only Flat size allowed is 30″x18″.” Give the office your section number first.

Crown Hill, Olinger and Fort Logan National Cemetery

Crown Hill in Wheat Ridge and the Olinger cemeteries are Dignity Memorial properties and publish no marker rules or fees online, so ask each office for its specification sheet and inspection or setting fee. Do not assume either will accept an outside marker until the office says so.

At Fort Logan National Cemetery the cemetery orders and sets the government headstone or marker, and “Headstones, markers, and columbarium may not have any decorations attached to them” (page updated September 18, 2026). A private bronze marker is not the route there. In a private Colorado cemetery that allows bronze, a veteran’s family can order its own marker and request a VA medallion for it; see veteran bronze grave markers.

Golden, Fort Collins and Boulder

The City of Golden’s cremation garden price includes “Single Plaque with Installation: Included” in a total of $3285, and its double niche at $3850 “(includes plaque)”; no year is printed on that list, and no marker setting fee is listed. Fort Collins, whose fees are “adjusted each year on April 1” with no year printed, sells a Rock Garden “Bronze Plaque (includes 8.3% tax): $344.39”. Both cities bundle their own plaque, so an outside plaque is unlikely to be accepted in those gardens; ask first. Boulder’s Columbia Cemetery uses a grave marker permit application asking for a dimensioned sketch, materials, inscription and installer details, fee not found.

Denver area cemeteries at a glance

What we supply for a Colorado grave

Fairmount’s 2′ x 1′ single is a 24 by 12 inch marker, which we cast to order for $1,697.45, shipping included; its 1’6″ x 0’10” infant and child size is an 18 by 10 inch plaque at $1,264.58. CFCS’s 16″x8″x2″ minimum matches a 16 by 8 inch plaque at $978.39, set on the granite base CFCS allows. The 3′ x 1′ companion is quoted on request.

We supply the bronze. Every plaque is cast in solid LG2 statuary bronze (85 percent copper, 5 percent tin, 5 percent zinc, 5 percent lead) with raised polished lettering on a textured background, a hand applied color and a clear protective coating. Cemetery markers are cast with lugs and fitted with 3/8 inch brass all thread studs, nuts and washers for bolting to a granite or concrete base; columbarium plates use 1/4 inch fittings. We publish the alloy openly and can supply a certificate of authenticity stating it, so a cemetery that has its own alloy rule can check our figures against it before you order; a few cemeteries specify a higher copper or lower lead content than LG2, and where a page knows of one it says so. The granite or concrete base and the setting are arranged through the cemetery office or a local monument dealer; we do not pour bases or install.

The price of the bronze from us, shipped anywhere in Colorado

To keep the two kinds of cost apart, this table shows only our price for the bronze, taken from the design tool on this site on 21 October 2026 for a standard rectangle with the default border and background. Prices are in US dollars and include shipping to Colorado.

Setting fees, permits, foundations and endowment care charges quoted on this page go to the cemetery, not to us, and sit on top of the plaque price. For any size not in the table, the design tool prices it the moment you type the width and height, and that price also includes shipping.

How to order

1. Ask the cemetery office for its written marker rules: the size it allows for your space, the base it requires, who may set the marker and the fee. Most offices email the sheet the same day, and several states require the cemetery to keep it in print for you.
2. Open the free design tool, pick the shape and type the width and height in inches. The price in US dollars updates as you go, shipping to any address in the continental United States included.
3. Add the names, dates and wording, choose a border and background, and add an emblem, motif or photo if you want one. Choose lugs with studs if the plaque will be bolted to a granite or concrete base, or a flat back for adhesive mounting on a wall or niche.
4. Save the design and order it from My Account. We send a written proof you can forward to the cemetery for approval, and nothing is cast until you approve it. Need the full 24 by 12 inch marker size? Tell us when you order; it is cast to order at the same price as the 22 1/16 by 12 inch size in the tool.

Allow six to eight weeks from payment to delivery. Casting, hand finishing and shipping from our foundry take most of that time, and we send a free written proof before anything is cast. If your cemetery sets markers only in certain months, order early enough for its next installation window.

Frequently asked questions

Does Colorado law require a cemetery to accept a marker bought elsewhere?

No. Article 24 of Title 6 has no outside marker rule or fee cap, and the state does not license cemeteries. Each cemetery’s written rules decide.

Does Fairmount in Denver accept a bronze marker I buy online?

Its rules effective October 1, 2026 accept memorials purchased outside the company, subject to approval before ordering, a proper foundation and an inspection fee whose amount is not printed. Outside installers need a $1M liability policy.

What size is a single flat marker at Fairmount?

The rules print “Single: 2′ x 1′ x 0’4″” and “Companion: 3′ x 1′ x 0’4″”, with infant and child markers at 1’6″ x 0’10” in the listed blocks.

Can I bring an outside marker to Mount Olivet?

In general sections CFCS approves third party monuments, pours every foundation itself and may charge a setting fee. Some sections, such as Section 36, Block 1, Lot 22, allow no outside monument purchases at all.

Can a private bronze marker go at Fort Logan National Cemetery?

No. The cemetery orders and sets a government headstone or marker.