Indiana § 23-14-60-1 - Defective cemetery associations and corporations; rights and powers

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§ 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.

IC 23-14-61Chapter 61. Conflicts of Interests by Cemetery Employees

23-14-61-1Prohibition against acting as agent or representative; approval to act as agent or representative 23-14-61-2Unlawful discrimination or unfair trade practice prohibited 23-14-61-3Writs of prohibition

Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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