Indiana § 23-14-57-8 - Liability of cemetery owner
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§ 23-14-57-8. Liability of cemetery owner
Sec. 8. The owner of a cemetery is not liable in any action for a removal or reinterment, reentombment, or reinurnment described in this chapter unless the owner fails to exercise reasonable care in the removal or reinterment, reentombment, or reinurnment. There is a rebuttable presumption that the owner exercised reasonable care in the removal or reinterment, reentombment, or reinurnment.
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.31.
IC 23-14-58Chapter 58. Abandonment and Reburial
23-14-58-1Authority to abandon certain cemeteries; removal of bodies 23-14-58-2Abandonment of cemetery; removal and interment of bodies in suitable cemetery 23-14-58-3Reinterment 23-14-58-4Lawfulness of actions
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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