Indiana Statutes
§ 23-14-59-1 — Immunity from liability
Indiana § 23-14-59-1
JurisdictionIndiana
Title 23BUSINESS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
Art. 14CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS
Ch. 59Potential Liability of Cemetery Owner
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Bluebook
Ind. Code § 23-14-59-1 (2026).
Text
A cemetery owner or anyone acting on behalf of a cemetery owner is not liable in any action for:
(1)a burial, entombment, or inurnment in the wrong lot, grave,
grave space, burial space, crypt, crypt space, or niche;
(2)a disinterment, disentombment, or disinurnment of the wrong
deceased remains;
(3)a repositioning of the remains of a deceased that encroach
upon an adjacent lot, space, grave, grave space, or burial space;
(4)setting or installing a marker, monument, any type of
memorial, or an outer burial container on the wrong lot, space,
grave, grave space, or burial space; or
(5)installing any kind of foundation or other type of base for a
marker, monument, or any type of memorial on the wrong lot or
burial space.
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Related
Kathy Salyer v. Washington Regular Baptist Church Cemetery v. Kristy Sams
63 N.E.3d 1091 (Indiana Court of Appeals, 2016)
Legislative History
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.33.
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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Indiana § 23-14-59-1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/in/23-14-59-1.