Missouri Statutes

§ 214.200 — Title, how obtained to lands used for burial purposes.

Missouri § 214.200

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XIIPUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Ch. 214Cemeteries

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Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 214.200 (2026).

Text

When lands shall have been continuously used as a public or private burial ground for a period of ten years or more and such land has not been deeded to the public for the purpose of a burial ground, a title may be obtained to such lands in the way and manner as is provided for the enlargement of burial grounds in section 214.080 .

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Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 15276) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14067; 1919 § 1089; 1909 § 1311

Nearby Sections

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§ 214.010

Local government may acquire and dispose of cemeteries within boundaries — authority to regulate — penalties.

§ 214.020

City may establish perpetual care cemetery fund — receive gifts — limitation on use of income from fund.

§ 214.030

Cemetery lots, conveyed by deed.

§ 214.035

Conveyance of cemetery property to political subdivision, when — notice of transfer.

§ 214.040

Plots and records of cemeteries to be maintained, where — requirements.

§ 214.041

Construction of roads prohibited in cemetery — exceptions.

§ 214.050

Power to vacate streets vested in county commissions.

§ 214.060

Petition to be presented to county commission — remonstrance may be filed.

§ 214.070

§ 214.080

Proceedings to enlarge.

§ 214.090

Family burying grounds, how secured.

§ 214.120

Costs, who liable for.

§ 214.130

County commission and incorporated cemetery company to receive grants and bequests in trust.

§ 214.131

Tombstones, fences, destroying or mutilating in abandoned family or private cemetery, penalty — abandoned or private burying ground, defined.

§ 214.132

Visiting abandoned family or private burying ground surrounded by private property, right of access, when, enforcement by sheriff — court's power to disinter.

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