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2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.
157.60 - Public easement in cemetery.
Universal Citation: WI Stat § 157.60 (2021)
157.60 Public easement in cemetery. Any person who opens or makes any highway, town way, or private way or constructs any railroad, turnpike, or canal or anything in the nature of a public easement over, through, in, or upon such part of any enclosure, being the property of any municipality, religious association, or private proprietor, as may be used for burial, unless an authority for that purpose is specially granted by law or unless the consent of such municipality, religious association, or private proprietor is first obtained by the person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year and by fine not exceeding $3,000.
History: 2015 a. 237.
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