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IN Code § 23-14-58-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 58. Abandonment and Reburial|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.
IN Code § 23-14-58-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 58. Abandonment and Reburial|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.
IN Code § 23-14-58-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 58. Abandonment and Reburial|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.
IN Code § 23-14-58-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 58. Abandonment and Reburial|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.
IN Code § 23-14-58.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 58.5. Disposition of Abandoned Burial Spaces|23-14-58.5-1. Termination of Ownership Rights in an Unused and Unimproved Burial Space

Sec. 1. (a) Subject to this chapter, if a burial space in a cemetery that is subject to IC 23-14-41 or any other Indiana law:(1) has remained unused for a period of at least fifty (50) years from the date of sale or last recorded designation or transfer; and(2) has no improvements on the burial space, including the placement of a monument, memorial, or other permanent appurtenance;the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery may terminate the rights and interests of the owner of the burial space.(b) After July 1, 2007, a contract for the purchase of a burial space must include notice that the contract is subject to termination as provided in subsection (a).As added by P.L.113-2007, SEC.7.
IN Code § 23-14-58.5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 58.5. Disposition of Abandoned Burial Spaces|23-14-58.5-2. Notice

Sec. 2. (a) If the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery:(1) desires to terminate the rights and interests of the owner of the burial space; and(2) determines that the conditions specified in section 1 of this chapter have been met;the person or entity must send to the owner a notice of the intent to terminate the owner's rights to the burial space.(b) The notice required under subsection (a) must be sent by certified mail with return receipt requested to the owner's last known address.As added by P.L.113-2007, SEC.7.
IN Code § 23-14-58.5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 58.5. Disposition of Abandoned Burial Spaces|23-14-58.5-3. Duties of Owner; Request for Purchase

Sec. 3. (a) An owner who has received a termination notice under section 2 of this chapter may inform the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery of the owner's continued intent to use the burial space. If the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery has been informed of the owner's intent, the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery may not terminate the rights and interests of the owner of the burial space.(b) An owner who has received a termination notice under section 2 of this chapter may request the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery to purchase the burial space for the amount originally paid for the burial space.As added by P.L.113-2007, SEC.7.
IN Code § 23-14-58.5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 58.5. Disposition of Abandoned Burial Spaces|23-14-58.5-4. Failure to Respond to Notice; Termination of Owner's Rights; Remedies

Sec. 4. (a) If the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery has not received a response from the owner of the burial space within sixty (60) days after sending the notice required in section 2 of this chapter, the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery shall advertise in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the owner's last known address seeking the owner's current address.(b) If a new address for the owner of the burial space is obtained after the advertising required in subsection (a), the notice requirement under section 2 of this chapter must be repeated.(c) If the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery has not received a response regarding the owner of the burial space within sixty (60) days after placing the advertisement required in subsection (a), the owner's rights and interests in the burial space are terminated. After the rights and interests in a burial space are terminated under this chapter, the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery may sell a burial space to a new owner.(d) If the owner of a burial space contacts the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery after the owner's rights and interests in the burial space are terminated under this chapter, the owner is entitled to select one (1) of the following remedies:(1) The original burial space, if it has not been resold.(2) If a person or an entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery has resold the burial space, reimbursement for the amount for which the burial space was resold minus the following:(A) The costs paid by the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery in providing notice and advertising as required under this chapter.(B) The sales commission costs in the resale of the burial space.(3) A comparable burial space in the cemetery.As added by P.L.113-2007, SEC.7.
IN Code § 23-14-58.5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 58.5. Disposition of Abandoned Burial Spaces|23-14-58.5-5. Penalty

Sec. 5. A person who:(1) knowingly terminates an owner's rights and interests in a burial space;(2) knows or should have known the identity of the owner; and(3) fails to give the owner notice as required under this chapter;commits a Class A misdemeanor.As added by P.L.113-2007, SEC.7.
IN Code § 23-14-59-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 59. Potential Liability of Cemetery Owner|23-14-59-1. Immunity From Liability

Sec. 1. A cemetery owner or anyone acting on behalf of a cemetery owner is not liable in any action for:(1) a burial, entombment, or inurnment in the wrong lot, grave, grave space, burial space, crypt, crypt space, or niche;(2) a disinterment, disentombment, or disinurnment of the wrong deceased remains;(3) a repositioning of the remains of a deceased that encroach upon an adjacent lot, space, grave, grave space, or burial space;(4) setting or installing a marker, monument, any type of memorial, or an outer burial container on the wrong lot, space, grave, grave space, or burial space; or(5) installing any kind of foundation or other type of base for a marker, monument, or any type of memorial on the wrong lot or burial space.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.33.
IN Code § 23-14-59-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 59. Potential Liability of Cemetery Owner|23-14-59-2. Duties of Owner Upon Wrongful Burial

Sec. 2. When a wrongful burial, entombment, inurnment, disinterment, disentombment, or disinurnment referred to in section 1(1), 1(2), 1(4), or 1(5) of this chapter occurs, the cemetery owner shall:(1) at the expense of the cemetery owner, correct the wrongful burial, entombment, inurnment, disinterment, disentombment, or disinurnment as soon as practical after becoming aware of the error; and(2) notify:(A) the spouse, if living, of the deceased person whose remains were wrongfully buried, entombed, inurned, disinterred, disentombed, or disinurned, or whose outer burial container was wrongfully placed;(B) the parents, if living, of a deceased minor child whose remains were wrongfully buried, entombed, inurned, disinterred, disentombed, or disinurned, or whose outer burial container was wrongfully placed;(C) the person or persons whose marker, monument, memorial, foundation, or base was wrongfully placed; or(D) the person or persons who authorized the original burial, entombment, inurnment, disinterment, disentombment, or disinurnment;of the occurrence.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.33.
IN Code § 23-14-59-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 59. Potential Liability of Cemetery Owner|23-14-59-3. Errors Caused by Improper Description

Sec. 3. A cemetery owner or anyone acting on behalf of a cemetery owner is not liable in any action for any error made by placing an improper description, including an incorrect name or date, on:(1) a marker;(2) a monument;(3) any type of memorial; or(4) the container for cremated remains.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.33.
IN Code § 23-14-60-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 60. Legalization of Defectively Formed Cemetery Associations and Corporations|23-14-60-1. Defective Cemetery Associations and Corporations; Rights and Powers

Sec. 1. (a) If:(1) any number of persons have:(A) acted together as an association or corporation;(B) acquired, as an association or corporation, land for cemetery purposes;(C) sold and granted to persons the right to bury the dead in lots located on the land; and(D) actually managed and controlled the land as a cemetery for at least thirty (30) years; but(2) the organization that the persons attempted to establish as a corporation or cemetery association is defective and incomplete because of a failure to comply with the formalities required by law in force at some time since the original parties first assumed to act as an association or corporation;the owners of the right to bury the dead on lots in the cemetery and those who may acquire the right become and continue to be a cemetery association or corporation from March 14, 1913.(b) The owners of the right to bury the dead on lots in a cemetery referred to in subsection (a) have all the rights and powers of a cemetery association or corporation organized under this article, IC 23-1, or IC 23-17.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.34. Amended by P.L.2-2002, SEC.74; P.L.163-2006, SEC.2.
IN Code § 23-14-61-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 61. Conflicts of Interests by Cemetery Employees|23-14-61-1. Prohibition Against Acting as Agent or Representative; Approval to Act as Agent or Representative

Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to a sexton, superintendent, manager, director, grounds keeper, caretaker, or other employee of:(1) a person, firm, association, limited liability company, or corporation that operates or maintains a cemetery for profit; or(2) a nonprofit cemetery that is supported in whole or in part by the use of public funds.(b) A sexton, superintendent, manager, director, grounds keeper, caretaker or other employee referred to in subsection (a) shall not:(1) act as an agent or representative for a manufacturer or dealer of any commodity that is to be used or installed on cemetery property, including monuments or markers; and(2) receive for those services any consideration, either cash or otherwise;unless the representation is approved in writing by the governing board of the cemetery.(c) The written approval given by the governing board of a cemetery under subsection (b) must be:(1) made a matter of public record; and(2) prominently displayed in a public place on the cemetery property where it can be easily seen by persons visiting the cemetery property.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.35.
IN Code § 23-14-61-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 61. Conflicts of Interests by Cemetery Employees|23-14-61-2. Unlawful Discrimination or Unfair Trade Practice Prohibited

Sec. 2. A sexton, superintendent, manager, director, grounds keeper, caretaker, or other employee who:(1) is referred to in section 1(a) of this chapter; and(2) acts as an agent or representative for a manufacturer or dealer of any commodity that is to be used or installed on cemetery property;is prohibited from engaging in any unlawful discrimination or unfair trade practice in violation of this article or any other related law against a manufacturer or dealer of a commodity used or installed on cemetery property whom the employee does not represent.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.35.
IN Code § 23-14-61-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 61. Conflicts of Interests by Cemetery Employees|23-14-61-3. Writs of Prohibition

Sec. 3. (a) Upon proper proof of a violation of section 1 or section 2 of this chapter, a court of competent jurisdiction may issue writs of prohibition.(b) After the issuance of writs of prohibition under subsection (a), a fiscal officer who disburses public money to any:(1) person;(2) firm;(3) association;(4) limited liability company; or(5) corporation;against whom or which a writ of prohibition is in effect is liable on the fiscal officer's bond.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.35.
IN Code § 23-14-62-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 62. Conveyance of County Cemeteries to Private Corporations|23-14-62-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies whenever a majority of the heads of families of a county whose dead are buried in a cemetery owned by the county, either by themselves or with others, organize a corporation for the burial of the dead and the maintenance of a cemetery.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.36.
IN Code § 23-14-62-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 62. Conveyance of County Cemeteries to Private Corporations|23-14-62-2. Petition for Conveyance of Cemetery

Sec. 2. The persons referred to in section 1 of this chapter may file with the board of commissioners of the county in which the cemetery is located a petition asking for the conveyance of the cemetery to the corporation.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.36.
IN Code § 23-14-62-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 62. Conveyance of County Cemeteries to Private Corporations|23-14-62-3. Notice of Filing of Petition; Agreement to Care and Manage Cemetery

Sec. 3. (a) The persons filing the petition under section 2 of this chapter must give notice of the filing in accordance with IC 5-3-1-2 at least three (3) weeks before the filing by publishing a notice concerning the filing of the petition in a weekly newspaper published in the county in which the cemetery is located.(b) The persons filing the petition under section 2 of this chapter must also file an agreement, with security to be approved by the board, that the corporation will keep the cemetery in good order and honestly and faithfully manage it.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.36.
IN Code § 23-14-62-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 62. Conveyance of County Cemeteries to Private Corporations|23-14-62-4. Powers of Board of Commissioners

Sec. 4. The board of commissioners presented with a petition under section 2 of this chapter, if satisfied:(1) as to the propriety of granting the request;(2) as to the sufficiency of the surety;(3) as to the good faith of the petitioners; and(4) that a majority of the heads of families of the county are taking part;may convey the cemetery to the cemetery corporation.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.36.
IN Code § 23-14-62-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 62. Conveyance of County Cemeteries to Private Corporations|23-14-62-5. Powers of Cemetery Corporation

Sec. 5. After a petition is granted under section 4 of this chapter, the cemetery corporation formed by the petitioners may:(1) control the cemetery;(2) ornament, beautify, and improve the cemetery;(3) purchase additions and sell lots in the cemetery;(4) assess all lots for the care, improvement, and beautification of the cemetery; and(5) exercise all the powers of a corporation organized under any statute for the purpose of maintaining or managing cemeteries.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.36.
IN Code § 23-14-63-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 63. Conveyance of Township Cemeteries to Private Corporations|23-14-63-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies whenever ten (10) or more heads of families:(1) who reside in:(A) a township; or(B) the immediate vicinity of a cemetery owned by a township; and(2) who own lots in and whose dead relatives are buried in a cemetery owned by the township;organize, either by themselves or with others, as a corporation for the burial of the dead and the maintenance of a cemetery.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.37.
IN Code § 23-14-63-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 63. Conveyance of Township Cemeteries to Private Corporations|23-14-63-2. Petition Asking for Conveyance; Notice

Sec. 2. (a) The persons described in section 1 of this chapter may file with the township trustee a petition asking for the conveyance of the cemetery owned by the township to the corporation.(b) The persons filing the petition under subsection (a) must give notice of the filing at least three (3) weeks before the filing in accordance with IC 5-3-1-2 by publishing a notice concerning the petition in a newspaper:(1) that is published in the township; or(2) if there is no newspaper published in the township, in the newspaper published nearest to the township.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.37.
IN Code § 23-14-63-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 63. Conveyance of Township Cemeteries to Private Corporations|23-14-63-3. Requirements of Petitioners

Sec. 3. The persons filing a petition under section 2 of this chapter must:(1) state in the petition that the corporation would have at the time of taking over the cemetery an endowment or perpetual care fund of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000);(2) agree to increase the balance in the fund to an amount sufficient to produce enough interest to keep the cemetery in proper condition; and(3) agree to:(A) keep the cemetery in good order; and(B) honestly and faithfully manage the cemetery.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.37.
IN Code § 23-14-63-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 63. Conveyance of Township Cemeteries to Private Corporations|23-14-63-4. Duties of Township Trustee

Sec. 4. The township trustee, if satisfied that the petition is signed by a majority of the owners of lots in the cemetery who are residents of the township or of the immediate vicinity of the cemetery, shall convey the cemetery to the corporation formed by the petitioners.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.37.
IN Code § 23-14-63-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 63. Conveyance of Township Cemeteries to Private Corporations|23-14-63-5. Powers and Duties of Corporation

Sec. 5. (a) A corporation to which a cemetery is conveyed under section 4 of this chapter:(1) shall control the cemetery;(2) shall ornament, beautify, and improve the cemetery;(3) may purchase additions and sell lots in the cemetery;(4) may assess all lots for the care, improvement, and beautification of the cemetery;(5) may receive and hold in trust gifts, donations, and legacies to be devoted to the purposes referred to in subdivisions (1) through (4); and(6) may exercise all the powers of a corporation organized under any statute for the purpose of owning, managing, and maintaining cemeteries.(b) All actions that the corporation takes in accordance with statutes concerning cemeteries before the cemetery is conveyed by the township trustee to the corporation are valid and binding on all parties involved in the actions.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.37.
IN Code § 23-14-64-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 64. Conveyance of Cemetery Association Land to Townships|23-14-64-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies whenever the board of directors of a cemetery association existing under any Indiana statute before March 9, 1939, determines by a majority vote to convey the real estate belonging to the association to the township in which the association's cemetery is located.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.38.
IN Code § 23-14-64-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 64. Conveyance of Cemetery Association Land to Townships|23-14-64-2. Public Cemetery

Sec. 2. A township trustee may accept a conveyance of real estate described in section 1 of this chapter. After the conveyance, the township trustee shall maintain the cemetery as a public cemetery.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.38.
IN Code § 23-14-64-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 14. Cemetery Associations|Chapter 64. Conveyance of Cemetery Association Land to Townships|23-14-64-3. Payment and Use of Cash, Securities, or Other Assets

Sec. 3. (a) If a cemetery association that conveys real estate to a township under this chapter has endowment funds, cash, securities, or other assets, the funds, cash, securities, or other assets shall be paid over to the township trustee when the real estate owned by the association is conveyed to the township.(b) A township trustee who receives cash, securities, endowment funds, or other assets under subsection (a) may use them only:(1) to purchase additional land for the cemetery;(2) to make permanent improvements to the cemetery; or(3) for the upkeep and maintenance of the cemetery.As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.38.