Indiana Statutes
§ 23-14-57-3 — Removal of human remains for nonpayment; liability of owner
Indiana·Title 23 BUSINESS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS·Art. 14 CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS·Ch. 57 Disinterment, Disentombment, and Disinurnment
(a)This chapter does not prohibit:
(1)the removal of human remains by a cemetery owner from a
plot, building, or structure for which the purchase price is past
due and unpaid; and
(2)the reinterment, reentombment, or reinurnment of the remains
in some other suitable plot in the cemetery.
(b)For a removal and reinterment, reentombment, or reinurnment
(at the discretion of the cemetery owner) referred to in subsection (a),
the cemetery owner is not liable in any action unless the owner fails to
exercise reasonable care in the removal or reinterment, reentombment,
or reinurnment. There is a rebuttable presumption that the owner
exercised reasonable care in the removal or reinterment,
reentombment, or reinurnment.
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Legislative History
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.31.
Nearby Sections
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§ 23-0.5-1-1
Short title§ 23-0.5-1-2
Application§ 23-0.5-1-3
Application; exceptions§ 23-0.5-1-4
Delivery of record§ 23-0.5-1-5
Rules and procedures§ 23-0.5-1-6
Terms dependent on facts ascertainable outside the plan or filed
document; articles of amendment§ 23-0.5-1.5-1
Application of definitions§ 23-0.5-1.5-10
"Filed record"§ 23-0.5-1.5-11
"Filing entity"§ 23-0.5-1.5-12
"Foreign"§ 23-0.5-1.5-13
"General partnership"§ 23-0.5-1.5-14
"Governance interest"§ 23-0.5-1.5-15
"Governing person"§ 23-0.5-1.5-16
"Interest"§ 23-0.5-1.5-17
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