2013 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
157. Disposition of human remains.
157.10 Alienation and use of cemetery lots.


WI Stat § 157.10 (2013 through Act 380) What's This?

157.10 Alienation and use of cemetery lots. While any person is buried in a cemetery lot, the cemetery lot shall be inalienable, without the consent of the cemetery authority, and on the death of the owner, ownership of the cemetery lot shall descend to the owner's heirs; but any one or more of such heirs may convey to any other heir his or her interest in the cemetery lot. No human remains may be buried in a cemetery lot except the human remains of one having an interest in the cemetery lot, or a relative, or the husband or wife of such person, or his or her relative, except by the consent of all persons having an interest in the cemetery lot.

History: 1989 a. 307.

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