Alabama § 11-47-71 Sale, Etc., of Lands in Abandoned Cemeteries by Corporations, Etc.; Confirmation of Sales by Probate Court

Alabama Statutes

§ 11-47-71 — Sale, Etc., of Lands in Abandoned Cemeteries by Corporations, Etc.; Confirmation of Sales by Probate Court

Alabama § 11-47-71

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 11Counties and Municipal Corporations

Ch. 47Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally

Art. 2Cemeteries and Burial Grounds

Div. 2Abandonment of Cemeteries and Removal and Reinterment of Human Remains

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Ala. Code § 11-47-71 (2026).

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(a)Whenever such a cemetery or part thereof has been abandoned as a cemetery or place of burial for the human dead as provided for in Section 11-47-60 by the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling the same, the parts or portions thereof in which no interments had been made and such parts and portions thereof from which all human remains have been removed may be sold by the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery land or may be mortgaged or otherwise pledged as security for any loan or loans made to such cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery lands. No order of any court shall be required prior to the making o

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(a) Whenever such a cemetery or part thereof has been abandoned as a cemetery or place of burial for the human dead as provided for in Section 11-47-60 by the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling the same, the parts or portions thereof in which no interments had been made and such parts and portions thereof from which all human remains have been removed may be sold by the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery land or may be mortgaged or otherwise pledged as security for any loan or loans made to such cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery lands. No order of any court shall be required prior to the making of any such sale, mortgage, pledge, or other encumbrance of such lands abandoned for cemetery purposes or from which the human remains have been removed; provided, however, that any sale of such cemetery lands made by any cemetery corporation or association controlled by a board of directors or other governing body shall be fairly conducted and the price paid therefor must be fair and reasonable and all such sales must be confirmed, as to the fairness and reasonableness of the price paid by the probate court of the county in which such lands are situated.
(b) Petitions for confirmation of such sales by cemetery corporations and associations governed by a board of directors or other governing body shall be made to the probate court of the county wherein such lands are situated, and the judge of said court shall fix a day for the hearing and give notice thereof by publication in accordance with the provisions of Section 43-2-445, relating to confirmation of sales of real estate by an executor or administrator.