12-1428. Revestment of title; procedure.
12-1428
12-1428. Revestment of title; procedure.
(a) Whenever any city or any township has
acquired a cemetery from a cemetery association and such city or township
or its predecessor in title shall have heretofore conveyed to any person or
persons the right of interment upon any platted lot or designated piece of
ground within the area of such cemetery and the deed or conveyance thereto
from such city or township or its predecessor in title or the predecessor
of such title owner provides that the lot shall be held subject to all
the regulations of the governing body of such cemetery, and the owners
thereof named in such deed or conveyance neglect or
refuse to observe such regulations, for the period of 10 successive years, the
governing
body of such cemetery may revest such city or township with the title to
the portion of such cemetery lot not actually used for burial purposes, and
in addition thereto sufficient space for two additional graves adjacent to
any graves then on such lot, in the manner and procedure specified in
subsection (b).
(b) If the owner of such cemetery lot shall be a resident of the county wherein
such cemetery is located, then such governing body may cause to be served
upon such owner, in the manner prescribed by law for the service of a
summons in a civil action, a notice specifying the amount unpaid for lot
care upon such lot, and specifying a time within which the same must be
paid to the city clerk or township clerk, which time shall not be less than
30 days from the date of the service of such
notice, and further
specifying that upon the failure of such owner of
such lot to pay the
amount specified in such notice within such specified
time that the
governing body will take the necessary steps to revest the city or
township with the title to the portion of such cemetery lot not actually
used for burial purposes.
History: L. 1935, ch. 104, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 62, §
1; L. 1982, ch. 72, § 10; July 1.