Indiana § 23-14-38-2 Removal and reinterment of bodies from burial structure declared to be
public nuisance; removal of mausoleum or vault; costs

Indiana Statutes

§ 23-14-38-2 — Removal and reinterment of bodies from burial structure declared to be public nuisance; removal of mausoleum or vault; costs

Indiana § 23-14-38-2

Title 23BUSINESS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS

Art. 14CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS

Ch. 38Construction of Mausoleums and Vaults

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Ind. Code § 23-14-38-2 (2026).

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(a)This section applies if:

(1)a person fails to maintain a mausoleum, garden crypt, vault, or other burial structure in a good state of repair; and

(2)by reason of the failure referred to in subdivision (1), a court of competent jurisdiction declares the mausoleum, garden crypt, vault, or other burial structure to be a public nuisance.

(b)The deceased body or bodies interred in the mausoleum, garden crypt, vault, or other burial structure shall be removed and properly interred:

(1)within thirty (30) days after the judgment declaring the mausoleum, garden crypt, vault, or other burial structure to be a nuisance, if the judgment is not appealed; or

(2)if the judgment is appealed, within thirty (30) days after the judgment is upheld on appeal.

(c)The mausoleum, garden crypt, vault, or

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(a) This section applies if:
(1) a person fails to maintain a mausoleum, garden crypt, vault, or
other burial structure in a good state of repair; and
(2) by reason of the failure referred to in subdivision (1), a court
of competent jurisdiction declares the mausoleum, garden crypt,
vault, or other burial structure to be a public nuisance.
(b) The deceased body or bodies interred in the mausoleum, garden
crypt, vault, or other burial structure shall be removed and properly
interred:
(1) within thirty (30) days after the judgment declaring the
mausoleum, garden crypt, vault, or other burial structure to be a
nuisance, if the judgment is not appealed; or
(2) if the judgment is appealed, within thirty (30) days after the
judgment is upheld on appeal.
(c) The mausoleum, garden crypt, vault, or other burial structure
shall be removed:
(1) within one hundred eighty (180) days after the judgment
declaring the mausoleum, garden crypt, vault, or other burial
structure to be a nuisance, if the judgment is not appealed; or
(2) if the judgment is appealed, within one hundred eighty (180)
days after the judgment is upheld on appeal.
(d) The cost of reinterring the bodies under subsection (b) and
removing the mausoleum, garden crypt, vault, or other burial structure
under subsection (c) shall be paid:
(1) by the person who owns the mausoleum, garden crypt, vault,
or other burial structure; or
(2) if the person who owns the mausoleum, garden crypt, vault, or
other burial structure is not found, by the county in which the
mausoleum, garden crypt, vault, or structure is located.