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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) The provisions of ORS 97.030, 97.120, 97.310 to 97.350, 97.360 (1), 97.510 and 97.550 relating to private cemeteries do not apply to:
(a) Any religious or eleemosynary corporation, church, religious society or denomination, corporation sole administering temporalities of any church or religious society or denomination or any cemetery that such entity organizes, controls or operates.
(b) Any county or city cemetery.
(c) A historic cemetery, as defined in ORS 97.772, operated and maintained by a nonprofit organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 1 that is exempt from income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) The provisions of ORS 97.810 to 97.865 relating to private cemeteries do not apply to:
(a) Any religious or eleemosynary corporation, church, religious society or denomination, corporation sole administering temporalities of any church or religious society or denomination or any cemetery that such entity organizes, controls or operates, unless the cemetery authority for an entity described in this paragraph elects to subject itself to ORS 97.810 to 97.865.
(b) Any county or city cemetery, unless the county or city elects to subject itself to ORS 97.810 to 97.865.
(c) A historic cemetery, as defined in ORS 97.772, operated and maintained by a nonprofit organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exempt from income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Property Rights and Transactions § 97.020 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-10-property-rights-and-transactions/or-rev-st-sect-97-020/
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