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2025 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Chapter 28 - Cemeteries
Section 2802 - Transfer from borough to company
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8 PA Cons Stat § 2802 (2025)
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§ 2802. Transfer from borough to company.
(a) Authority.--Upon petition of at least 10% of living cemetery lot owners, the council may transfer the cemetery and its management to an incorporated cemetery company.
(b) Procedure.--Upon presentation of a petition under subsection (a), the council may enact an ordinance declaring that, upon the acceptance of the ordinance by the incorporated cemetery company and filed with the borough secretary, the title and control of the cemetery shall vest in the incorporated cemetery company.
(c) Recording.--A copy of the ordinance and the acceptance by the incorporated cemetery company, certified by the borough secretary, shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county.
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