Massachusetts Statutes
§ 18 — Care of neglected burial places within limits of town
Massachusetts § 18
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XVIPUBLIC HEALTH
Ch. 114CEMETERIES AND BURIALS
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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, § 18 (2026).
Text
Section 18. Any town having within its limits an abandoned or neglected burying ground may take charge of the same and keep it in good order, and may appropriate money therefor, but no property rights shall be violated and no body shall be disinterred. No fence, tomb, monument or other structure shall be removed or destroyed, but the same may be repaired or restored.
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