2010 Indiana Code
TITLE 23. BUSINESS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
ARTICLE 14. CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS
CHAPTER 59. POTENTIAL LIABILITY OF CEMETERY OWNER
IC 23-14-59
Chapter 59. Potential Liability of Cemetery Owner
IC 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.
IC 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.
IC 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.
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