IC 23-14-58-1 Authority to abandon certain cemeteries; removal of bodies
Sec. 1. If a cemetery in Indiana:
(1) is under the ownership or control of any church or religious
society;
(2) is located within a city or town;
(3) may have been, for at least twenty (20) years, abandoned as
a place of burial of the dead; and
(4) has become, in the judgment of the members or governing
body of the church or religious society, impracticable and
undesirable to maintain due to the growth of the city or town in
which it is located;
the church or religious society may abandon the cemetery and cause
the bodies buried within the cemetery to be removed under the
conditions set forth in this chapter. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.32.
IC 23-14-58-2 Abandonment of cemetery; removal and interment of bodies in
suitable cemetery
Sec. 2. If:
(1) a church or religious society has the ownership or control of
a cemetery; and
(2) it is determined, in accordance with the rules, regulations,
and usages of the church or religious society, that it is
impracticable and undesirable for the church or religious
society to maintain the cemetery or burial ground;
the church or religious society may abandon the cemetery and cause
the bodies buried in the cemetery to be removed and interred in a
suitable cemetery. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.32.
IC 23-14-58-3 Reinterment
Sec. 3. A church or religious society that takes action under
section 1 or 2 of this chapter shall, at its own expense:
(1) provide the place for the reinterment of all bodies in the
abandoned cemetery;
(2) cause the reinterment in a cemetery of all the bodies
removed from the abandoned cemetery that can practically be
reburied; and
(3) preserve and cause to be replaced at the grave of each
deceased person reinterred in another cemetery any gravestone
or other marker found at the grave from which the body was
removed. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.32. IC 23-14-58-4 Lawfulness of actions
Sec. 4. Actions taken under this chapter by any person acting
under the direction of:
(1) a church or religious society; or
(2) the officers or governing body of a church or religious
society;
are lawful. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.32.
IC 23-14-58-1 Authority to abandon certain cemeteries; removal of bodies
Sec. 1. If a cemetery in Indiana:
(1) is under the ownership or control of any church or religious
society;
(2) is located within a city or town;
(3) may have been, for at least twenty (20) years, abandoned as
a place of burial of the dead; and
(4) has become, in the judgment of the members or governing
body of the church or religious society, impracticable and
undesirable to maintain due to the growth of the city or town in
which it is located;
the church or religious society may abandon the cemetery and cause
the bodies buried within the cemetery to be removed under the
conditions set forth in this chapter. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.32.
IC 23-14-58-2 Abandonment of cemetery; removal and interment of bodies in
suitable cemetery
Sec. 2. If:
(1) a church or religious society has the ownership or control of
a cemetery; and
(2) it is determined, in accordance with the rules, regulations,
and usages of the church or religious society, that it is
impracticable and undesirable for the church or religious
society to maintain the cemetery or burial ground;
the church or religious society may abandon the cemetery and cause
the bodies buried in the cemetery to be removed and interred in a
suitable cemetery. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.32.
IC 23-14-58-3 Reinterment
Sec. 3. A church or religious society that takes action under
section 1 or 2 of this chapter shall, at its own expense:
(1) provide the place for the reinterment of all bodies in the
abandoned cemetery;
(2) cause the reinterment in a cemetery of all the bodies
removed from the abandoned cemetery that can practically be
reburied; and
(3) preserve and cause to be replaced at the grave of each
deceased person reinterred in another cemetery any gravestone
or other marker found at the grave from which the body was
removed. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.32. IC 23-14-58-4 Lawfulness of actions
Sec. 4. Actions taken under this chapter by any person acting
under the direction of:
(1) a church or religious society; or
(2) the officers or governing body of a church or religious
society;
are lawful. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.32.
IC 23-14-58-1 Authority to abandon certain cemeteries; removal of bodies
Sec. 1. If a cemetery in Indiana:
(1) is under the ownership or control of any church or religious
society;
(2) is located within a city or town;
(3) may have been, for at least twenty (20) years, abandoned as
a place of burial of the dead; and
(4) has become, in the judgment of the members or governing
body of the church or religious society, impracticable and
undesirable to maintain due to the growth of the city or town in
which it is located;
the church or religious society may abandon the cemetery and cause
the bodies buried within the cemetery to be removed under the
conditions set forth in this chapter. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.32.
IC 23-14-58-2 Abandonment of cemetery; removal and interment of bodies in
suitable cemetery
Sec. 2. If:
(1) a church or religious society has the ownership or control of
a cemetery; and
(2) it is determined, in accordance with the rules, regulations,
and usages of the church or religious society, that it is
impracticable and undesirable for the church or religious
society to maintain the cemetery or burial ground;
the church or religious society may abandon the cemetery and cause
the bodies buried in the cemetery to be removed and interred in a
suitable cemetery. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.32.
IC 23-14-58-3 Reinterment
Sec. 3. A church or religious society that takes action under
section 1 or 2 of this chapter shall, at its own expense:
(1) provide the place for the reinterment of all bodies in the
abandoned cemetery;
(2) cause the reinterment in a cemetery of all the bodies
removed from the abandoned cemetery that can practically be
reburied; and
(3) preserve and cause to be replaced at the grave of each
deceased person reinterred in another cemetery any gravestone
or other marker found at the grave from which the body was
removed. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.32. IC 23-14-58-4 Lawfulness of actions
Sec. 4. Actions taken under this chapter by any person acting
under the direction of:
(1) a church or religious society; or
(2) the officers or governing body of a church or religious
society;
are lawful. As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.32.
