2018 Mississippi Code
Title 41 - Public Health
Chapter 43 - Cemeteries and Burial Grounds
In General
§ 41-43-1. Regulation of cemeteries in the vicinity of hospitals; private family cemeteries.
(1) No person, firm, association, or corporation shall locate a new public or private cemetery for burial of human beings within five hundred (500) yards of a public or private hospital or other medical facility wherein sick or injured persons are usually kept overnight for medical treatment and rehabilitation, without such person, firm, association, or corporation having first obtained a written order of approval from the board of supervisors if the proposed cemetery or burial ground is located outside the corporate limits of a municipality, or without such person, firm, association, or corporation having first obtained a written order of approval from the governing authorities of the municipality if the proposed cemetery or burial ground is located inside the corporate limits of a municipality.
Any realty used for burial purposes in violation of this subsection shall be deemed a common nuisance, and may be abated by the chancery court upon a petition filed therefor by the district attorney or county attorney, city attorney, attorney for the board of supervisors, or any person or persons aggrieved by the violation of this subsection.
This subsection shall not apply to any established cemeteries or burial grounds which now have human remains interred thereon.
(2) The board of supervisors of any county is authorized and empowered, upon petition and request to do so, to establish or designate the location of any private family cemetery to be located in the county.
