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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The city legislative body may:
(1) purchase, hold, and pay for lands within or without the corporate limits for the burial of the dead, and all necessary grounds for hospitals;
(2) have and exercise police jurisdiction over those lands, and over any cemetery used by the inhabitants of the city;
(3) survey, plat, map, fence, ornament, and otherwise improve, manage, and operate public burial and cemetery grounds;
(4) convey cemetery lots owned by the city, and pass ordinances for the protection and governing of these grounds consistent with Title 8, Chapter 5, Rights and Title to Cemetery Lots;
(5) contract for the care and improvement of cemeteries and cemetery lots, and for any compensation for the care and improvement;
(6) receive deposits for the care of lots and invest the deposits by following the procedures and requirements of Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act; and
(7) pay the cost of the care from any proceeds from the investment.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 10. Utah Municipal Code § 10-8-62. Cemeteries--Purchase and operation - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-10-utah-municipal-code/ut-code-sect-10-8-62/
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