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Title 71A - Veterans and Military Affairs
Chapter 7 - Veterans Memorials and Cemeteries
Part 2 - Veteran Burials
Section 201 - Veteran burials -- Veterans not to be buried in ground used for paupers.
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UT Code § 71A-7-201 (2025)
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Effective 5/3/2023
71A-7-201. Veteran burials -- Veterans not to be buried in ground used for paupers.
The body of an individual who dies while in the military service of the United States of America during any period of war, police action, or other period of national emergency, or the body of any veteran of the military service of the United States of America who served during any war, police action, or other period of national emergency, may not be buried in any portion of any cemetery or burial ground used for the burial of paupers.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 44, 2023 General Session
71A-7-201. Veteran burials -- Veterans not to be buried in ground used for paupers.
The body of an individual who dies while in the military service of the United States of America during any period of war, police action, or other period of national emergency, or the body of any veteran of the military service of the United States of America who served during any war, police action, or other period of national emergency, may not be buried in any portion of any cemetery or burial ground used for the burial of paupers.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 44, 2023 General Session
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