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Indiana Code Title 23. Business and Other Associations § 23-14-65-6

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 6. (a) The legislative body of a municipality has control and management of a cemetery that is:

(1) owned by the municipality;  and

(2) located within five (5) miles of the municipality.

(b) The powers and duties of the legislative body under this section include the following:

(1) The collection, preservation, and payment of all money, funds, securities, obligations, and property of any kind related to cemetery purposes.

(2) The protection of cemeteries and the sanctity of the dead.

(3) The regulation or prohibition of the interment of bodies.

(4) The authorization of the removal of buried bodies or whole cemeteries to some other place.

(c) The powers of the legislative body of a municipality under this section remain in effect by ordinance or resolution despite the repeal of Acts 1927, c. 7.

(d) The legislative body must review the status of the control and management of a cemetery for which it is responsible under subsection (a) at least once every ten (10) years.

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