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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 381 TITLE TO PROPERTY AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE, OWNERSHIP, AND ALIENATION
381.697 Cemeteries maintained by legal owners.
Download pdfplots in the cemetery, in such a manner so as to keep the burial grounds or cemetery
free of growth of weeds, free from accumulated debris, displaced tombstones, or
other signs and indication of vandalism or gross neglect. (2) The owner or owners of public or private burial grounds, regardless of size or number of graves, shall protect the burial grounds from desecration or destruction as
stipulated in KRS 525.115(1)(a), (b), or (c) or from being used for dumping
grounds, building sites, or any other use which may result in the burial grounds
being damaged or destroyed. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the
owner or owners of public or private burial grounds when the public or private
burial grounds have been desecrated, damaged, or destroyed as the result of a crime
by another as defined by KRS 500.080. (3) The owner or owners of private burial grounds shall be required to construct cemetery protection structures only if the burial ground is located in a county with a
county cemetery board and if the board provides compensation to the private burial
ground owner for supplies, labor, and other expenses associated with such
construction. Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 276, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 284, sec. 2.
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