IC 23-14-44
Chapter 44. Prohibition on Road and Utility Construction in
Cemeteries
IC 23-14-44-1 Restrictions on road or utility construction
Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to a cemetery from the time
interment, entombment, or inurnment spaces in the cemetery are
ready for immediate use and bona fide sales have been made.
(b) A railroad, street, road, alley, pipeline, pole line, or other
public thoroughfare or utility shall not be laid out through, over, or
across any part of the cemetery within one hundred (100) feet of:
(1) a space in which burial rights have been transferred;
(2) a mausoleum in the cemetery;
(3) a garden crypt in the cemetery; or
(4) a columbarium in a cemetery;
without the consent of the owner of the cemetery. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.18.
IC 23-14-44-2 Injunctions
Sec. 2. Upon the complaint of any person, a permanent injunction
shall be issued to prevent any other person from locating or
constructing a railroad, street, road, alley, pipeline, pole line, or other
public thoroughfare or utility on any ground that is:
(1) held, used, or occupied as a cemetery; or
(2) held for cemetery purposes. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.18.
IC 23-14-44-3 Violation of chapter; Class B misdemeanor
Sec. 3. A person who knowingly violates this chapter commits a
Class B misdemeanor. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.18.
IC 23-14-44
Chapter 44. Prohibition on Road and Utility Construction in
Cemeteries
IC 23-14-44-1 Restrictions on road or utility construction
Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to a cemetery from the time
interment, entombment, or inurnment spaces in the cemetery are
ready for immediate use and bona fide sales have been made.
(b) A railroad, street, road, alley, pipeline, pole line, or other
public thoroughfare or utility shall not be laid out through, over, or
across any part of the cemetery within one hundred (100) feet of:
(1) a space in which burial rights have been transferred;
(2) a mausoleum in the cemetery;
(3) a garden crypt in the cemetery; or
(4) a columbarium in a cemetery;
without the consent of the owner of the cemetery. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.18.
IC 23-14-44-2 Injunctions
Sec. 2. Upon the complaint of any person, a permanent injunction
shall be issued to prevent any other person from locating or
constructing a railroad, street, road, alley, pipeline, pole line, or other
public thoroughfare or utility on any ground that is:
(1) held, used, or occupied as a cemetery; or
(2) held for cemetery purposes. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.18.
IC 23-14-44-3 Violation of chapter; Class B misdemeanor
Sec. 3. A person who knowingly violates this chapter commits a
Class B misdemeanor. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.18.
IC 23-14-44
Chapter 44. Prohibition on Road and Utility Construction in
Cemeteries
IC 23-14-44-1 Restrictions on road or utility construction
Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to a cemetery from the time
interment, entombment, or inurnment spaces in the cemetery are
ready for immediate use and bona fide sales have been made.
(b) A railroad, street, road, alley, pipeline, pole line, or other
public thoroughfare or utility shall not be laid out through, over, or
across any part of the cemetery within one hundred (100) feet of:
(1) a space in which burial rights have been transferred;
(2) a mausoleum in the cemetery;
(3) a garden crypt in the cemetery; or
(4) a columbarium in a cemetery;
without the consent of the owner of the cemetery. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.18.
IC 23-14-44-2 Injunctions
Sec. 2. Upon the complaint of any person, a permanent injunction
shall be issued to prevent any other person from locating or
constructing a railroad, street, road, alley, pipeline, pole line, or other
public thoroughfare or utility on any ground that is:
(1) held, used, or occupied as a cemetery; or
(2) held for cemetery purposes. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.18.
IC 23-14-44-3 Violation of chapter; Class B misdemeanor
Sec. 3. A person who knowingly violates this chapter commits a
Class B misdemeanor. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.18.
