- A. Subject to the approval of the governing body of the municipality, a cemetery board may accept any cemetery within or adjacent to the municipality used as a burial place by the inhabitants of the municipality from any person, corporation or organization owning, controlling or maintaining the cemetery.
- B. If the cemetery board accepts a cemetery whose records have been lost or destroyed or are otherwise nonexistent, the cemetery board or the municipality shall not be liable for any liabilities of prior owners.
- C. Any cemetery accepted by the cemetery board as provided in this section shall become part of the municipality and shall be governed as any other municipal cemetery is governed.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-41-8, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 2001, ch. 301, § 1.
ANNOTATIONS
The 2001 amendment, effective April 5, 2001, added current Subsection B and redesignated former Subsection B as C.