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2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 9 - BURIAL GROUNDS
Chapter 7 - Reasonable Access to Burial Grounds
Section 702 - Declaration of policy

Universal Citation:
9 PA Cons Stat § 702 (2021)
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§ 702. Declaration of policy.

The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) An individual has a right to reasonable access for visitation to a burial plot in a cemetery that is owned by a cemetery company or person other than a cemetery company or is a private cemetery or private family cemetery.

(2) The Commonwealth has a significant interest in protecting that right.

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