If:

1. (1) the owner of a cemetery has recorded an accurate survey and plat of a part of its property in which it has:

   1. (A) granted or sold burial rights for at least thirty (30) years; and
   2. (B) actually managed and controlled the land as a cemetery for at least thirty (30) years; but

2. (2) the survey or plat is defective and incomplete because of a failure to comply with the formalities required by law in force at the time of the recording;

   the recorded survey and plat are considered to comply fully with the law as of July 1, 1997.

As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.8.