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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments (The Components of Care trusts' corpus) (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Impairment charge for other-than-temporary declines in fair value | $ 400,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments |  |
Care trusts’ corpus |  | 41,893,000 csv_CareTrustsCorpus | 48,142,000 csv_CareTrustsCorpus
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments |  |  |
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Impairment charge for other-than-temporary declines in fair value | 100,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PerpetualCareTrustInvesmentsMember | 0 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PerpetualCareTrustInvesmentsMember |
Trust assets, at market value |  | 42,342,000 us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PerpetualCareTrustInvesmentsMember | 48,670,000 us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PerpetualCareTrustInvesmentsMember
Obligations due from trust |  | (449,000)csv_ObligationsDueFromToTrust / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PerpetualCareTrustInvesmentsMember | (528,000)csv_ObligationsDueFromToTrust / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PerpetualCareTrustInvesmentsMember
Care trusts’ corpus |  | $ 41,893,000 csv_CareTrustsCorpus / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PerpetualCareTrustInvesmentsMember | $ 48,142,000 csv_CareTrustsCorpus / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PerpetualCareTrustInvesmentsMember

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- Definition The total liability as of the balance sheet date from proceeds deposited into trust from the sale of cemetery property interment rights, including undistributed earnings on investments. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of undistributed income due to or from the Care Trust Corpus. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as trading securities nor held-to-maturity securities and intended be sold or mature one year or operating cycle, if longer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 25 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28360136&loc=d3e22054-111558 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6871852&loc=d3e26626-111562 + Details
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- Definition The amount by which the fair value of an investment is less than the amortized cost basis or carrying amount of that investment at the balance sheet date and the decline in fair value is deemed to be other than temporary, before considering whether or not such amount is recognized in earnings or other comprehensive income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 28 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=31042434&loc=d3e3602-108585 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 35 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27723805&loc=d3e25351-111560 + Details
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