Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Diving into the Indiana Code

Go to http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/
if you would like browse the Indiana code. I went ahead and photocopied the index of the Indiana Code Annotated for just the section "CEMETERIES AND DEAD BODIES". There are 8 full pages of index terms for this broad topic.

IC 6-1.1-6.8-8

Application for assessment as cemetery land
Sec. 8. (a) A person who wishes to have a parcel of land classified as cemetery land must file an application in duplicate with the director on the forms prescribed by the director. The application must include the following items:

(1) The plats referred to in section 6 of this chapter.
(2) The assessment required under section 7 of this chapter entered in ink by the county assessor.
(3) The signature of the owner, the registered land surveyor, and the county assessor.
(b) If an error or omission affecting the eligibility of the application is discovered by the director or county assessor, the director or county assessor shall promptly notify the applicant of the deficiency and allow the applicant to amend the application.
As added by P.L.177-2001, SEC.1.

IC 6-1.1-6.8-6
Surveys
Sec. 6. (a) A person who wishes to have a parcel of land classified as cemetery land must have it surveyed by a registered land surveyor. The surveyor shall make the survey by metes and bounds and locate the parcel with reference to some established corner. In addition, the surveyor shall identify the parcel by section, township, range, and county references. The surveyor shall prepare plats of the parcel in ink, and shall prepare the plats on the scale, and in the number, prescribed by the director.
(b) The registered land surveyor may use an aerial photograph in order to obtain a description of the parcel. However, the surveyor's description must be accurate and it must meet the requirements specified in subsection (a). If an aerial photograph is used, that fact shall be noted on the application referred to in section 8 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.177-2001, SEC.1.

IC 23-10-2-19
Conveyance for cemetery purposes; holding in trust
Sec. 19. Lands conveyed to the board of county commissioners, by deed duly recorded, for the purpose of a public or private cemetery, shall be held by such board forever in trust for such purpose.
(Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.101, s.19.)

IC 23-10-2-21
Donor of private burying ground; exclusive right of admitting
Sec. 21. The donor of a private burying ground, his heirs and assigns forever, shall have the exclusive right of admitting corpses for interment, and shall direct where the same shall be buried; and may grant any right of burial in such ground as shall not interfere with the graves already there or the rights of persons who have buried their dead in such ground.
(Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.101, s.21.)

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