Iowa Statutes
§ 359.40 — Cemeteries — plats — records
Iowa § 359.40
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Bluebook
Iowa Code § 359.40 (2026).
Text
Where there is located in any township one or more cemeteries, the owner of the same, or
any party owning an interest therein, may cause the same to be surveyed, platted, and laid
outintosubdivisionsandlots, numberingthesamebyprogressivenumbers, givingthelength
and breadth, also the location with reference to known or permanent monuments to be made.
The plat shall accurately describe all the subdivisions of the tract of land used, or designed
to be used as a cemetery, and shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder, and filed
with and recorded by the township clerk, and preserved by the township clerk among the
records of the office.
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Legislative History
[C97, §583; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5569; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.40]
Nearby Sections
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§ 359.1
Definitions§ 359.10
New township — first election§ 359.11
Officers to be elected§ 359.12
Order for election§ 359.13
Service and return§ 359.15
Hearing — order§ 359.16
Petition dismissed§ 359.17
Trustees — duties — meetings§ 359.18
County attorney as counsel§ 359.19
Employment of counsel§ 359.2
Division authorized§ 359.20
Clerk to keep record§ 359.21
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