Nevada § 452.030 - Owner to keep cemetery in orderly condition; enforcement authority of board of county commissioners and district attorney; transfer of title of cemetery to city or county
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 452.030 — Owner to keep cemetery in orderly condition; enforcement authority of board of county commissioners and district attorney; transfer of title of cemetery to city or county, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 452.030. Owner to keep cemetery in orderly condition; enforcement authority of board of county commissioners and district attorney; transfer of title of cemetery to city or county
1. Every owner of a cemetery shall keep the same in an orderly condition, and authority
is conferred on the board of county commissioners of each county to make such rules
as will carry out the intent of this section. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, in addition to any action that may
be taken pursuant to the rules described in subsection 1, the district attorney of
the county in which a cemetery is located or a relative of any person interred in
a cemetery may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the
provisions of subsection 1. If the court finds that the owner of the cemetery has failed to keep the cemetery
in an orderly condition, the court may: (a) Order the owner of the cemetery to take any action necessary to bring the cemetery
into such a condition; or (b) If the court also determines that continued ownership of the cemetery by the owner
is not in accordance with the health, safety, comfort or welfare of the public, transfer
title to the cemetery to the city or, if the cemetery is located in an unincorporated
area of a county, the county in which the cemetery is located, if the city or county
accepts such a transfer of title. 3. A city or county to which title of a cemetery is transferred pursuant to this section
shall: (a) Operate the cemetery; (b) Lease the cemetery to a cemetery authority to operate the cemetery; (c) Enter into a contract with a cemetery authority to operate the cemetery; or (d) Transfer title of the cemetery to a nonprofit organization acting as the cemetery
authority of the cemetery. 4. The provisions of subsection 2 do not apply to a cemetery owned by a city or county.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 452.030 ("Owner to keep cemetery in orderly condition; enforcement authority of board of county commissioners and district attorney; transfer of title of cemetery to city or county") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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