Bronze Plaques Nevada

Nevada lets each cemetery regulate its markers and attaches one unusual figure to them: NRS 452.120 sets a minimum endowment care deposit of twelve cents per square inch of a memorial marker’s top surface. Beyond that the law is silent on markers bought elsewhere, and in Las Vegas the large operators publish almost nothing. The clearest published model in Southern Nevada is the Boulder City Municipal Cemetery, which tells families to buy a marker through the mortuary or other local companies, has City crews set it flush in concrete, and prints its fees. This page covers Las Vegas in full: the statute, the state Board’s 2020 order on sinking markers, Palm, Woodlawn, Bunkers Eden Vale, the Diocese, Boulder City and the state veterans cemetery. We cast the bronze plaque with shipping included in its US dollar price; the base and the setting are arranged through the cemetery or a local monument dealer.

NRS 452: the cemetery regulates, and care is counted by the square inch

NRS 452.350 lets a cemetery authority “Regulate the uniformity of erections within its cemetery” and “Regulate, prohibit or remove monuments, effigies and structures within any portion of its cemetery.” No section of the chapter read addresses outside marker vendors or caps installation fees. NRS 452.120 sets minimum endowment care deposits for “interment spaces and memorial markers and monuments sold or disposed of”, including “Twelve cents per square inch of top surface face for each memorial marker”. On a 24 by 12 inch face that is 288 square inches, or $34.56; on a 22 1/16 by 15 3/4 inch face it is about $41.70. Whether a cemetery must collect it on a marker it did not sell is not stated, so ask whether your cemetery charges a care fee on outside markers. Government, church and benevolent or fraternal nonprofit cemeteries are exempt from mandatory endowment care under NRS 452.050.

The Board and the 2020 Bunkers order

The Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Services Board licenses cemeteries, and its resources page (2026) offers no marker guidance. Its enforcement record shows what it expects of setting. In a consent decree dated May 18, 2020, it placed Bunkers Memory Gardens Cemetery on two years’ probation after complaints that “many of the grave markers are sinking and uneven”, requiring at least 25 headstones a week to be raised or realigned with photographs sent to the Board monthly. The Board treats level, well set markers as part of the cemetery’s duty of care.

Las Vegas cemeteries: Palm, Woodlawn, Bunkers Eden Vale and the Diocese

Palm Mortuary’s cemeteries are Dignity Memorial (SCI) properties, and the site shows no marker sizes or outside marker fees. Woodlawn Cemetery, the City of Las Vegas cemetery carries no marker rules or fees on its city page. The only Woodlawn marker rules found are a historic flat marker ordinance and price resolution from the city’s 1949 era code, whose current status is unknown, so do not rely on them. Bunkers Eden Vale Memorial Park and the cemeteries of the Diocese of Las Vegas publish nothing that could be found. For each, ask the office for its written marker rules, the size for your space, the base it requires, who sets the marker, and any setting or care fee.

Boulder City Municipal Cemetery: the open model

Boulder City’s criteria sheet (revised 6-20-2018) says “The City of Boulder City does not provide permanent markers (monuments)” and that families buy them “through the mortuary or other local companies”. “City crews are responsible for setting markers and placing vases.” The maximum sizes are Single 12″ x 24″ x 3″ and Double 16″ x 42″ x 3″; “All markers must be 3″ thick”, “All markers must be flush with the turf”, and “Markers will be set in concrete” with a concrete border. Markers are best set after the ground settles, “usually takes two (2) to six (6) months”, and the city asks for “at least two (2) weeks for installation” after delivery to City Shops, 500 Railroad Avenue.

The fees were “established by City Council Resolution No. 5671 dated 12/13/2016″: Marker Setting (12″ x 24″ x 3″) Single $137.37, Marker Setting (16″ x 42″ x 3”) Double $212.31, and Standard Vase $31.08.

Fitting a bronze plaque to Boulder City’s envelope

Boulder City’s 12″ x 24″ x 3″ single is the whole marker, not the bronze alone, so the bronze is mounted on a 3 inch base inside that footprint. A 16 by 8 inch plaque on a base of about 24 by 12 inches leaves 4 inches of base at each end and 2 inches along each side, and is $978.39 in the designer, shipping included. A full 24 by 12 inch plaque fits only if the city accepts the bronze without a wider base, so ask first. The 16″ x 42″ double takes a plaque of about 22 by 12 inches on a base, or a quoted companion.

Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery

The state veterans cemetery at 1900 Veterans Memorial Drive in Boulder City buries eligible veterans “at no charge”, a benefit covering “cemetery plot, opening and closing, concrete vault, headstone and perpetual care”, and charges a spouse or dependent burial “$450 fee (subject to change)” (brochure dated 1.3.18). The cemetery orders its own markers, and the Nevada Department of Veterans Services says a spouse inscription may be added later “by private arrangement at private expense”. No private marker option is described, so we do not offer one there. In a private cemetery, a veteran’s family can order its own bronze marker and request a VA medallion for it; see veteran bronze grave markers.

Southern Nevada cemeteries at a glance

What we supply for a Nevada grave

For a Las Vegas lawn grave whose cemetery allows the national flat size, we cast the 24 by 12 inch marker to order for $1,697.45, shipping included; at twelve cents per square inch its minimum care deposit, where charged, is $34.56. A 12 by 8 inch plaque for a small cremation marker is $796.86.

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.

What the plaque itself costs, shipped to Nevada

The table below is our price for the cast bronze plaque itself, read from the design tool on this website on 21 October 2026 for a standard rectangle with the default border and background. Every figure is in US dollars and includes shipping to any address in Nevada.

Any cemetery charge quoted higher on this page, such as a setting fee, a permit, a foundation or an endowment care charge, is paid to the cemetery and is separate from our price. Add the two together for the full installed cost. Open the design tool, type in the size your cemetery allows, and the exact price for that size appears before you order.

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 Nevada law let me buy a bronze marker anywhere?

Nevada has no statute guaranteeing an outside marker. NRS 452.350 lets each cemetery regulate or prohibit monuments, so its written rules decide. Boulder City, for one, tells families to buy markers through the mortuary or other local companies.

What is the 12 cents per square inch rule?

NRS 452.120 sets a minimum endowment care deposit of twelve cents per square inch of a memorial marker’s top surface for markers sold or disposed of. On a 24 by 12 inch face that is $34.56. The law does not say whether it applies to markers the cemetery did not sell.

How much does Boulder City charge to set a marker?

Under City Council Resolution No. 5671 dated 12/13/2016, setting a 12″ x 24″ x 3″ single marker is $137.37 and a 16″ x 42″ x 3″ double is $212.31. City crews set every marker flush in concrete.

What are the marker rules at Palm or Woodlawn in Las Vegas?

Neither publishes current marker rules or fees online. Palm’s cemeteries are Dignity Memorial properties and Woodlawn’s only rules found are historic. Ask each office for its written rules and fees before ordering.

Can a private bronze marker go at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery?

No private marker option is described. The cemetery orders the headstone as part of the veteran’s no charge benefit.