North Dakota § 23-21-18 Recordation of removal of human remains - Acknowledgment

North Dakota Statutes

§ 23-21-18 — Recordation of removal of human remains - Acknowledgment

North Dakota § 23-21-18

Title 23Health and Safety

Ch. 23-21Disinterment and Removal of Bodies in Cemeteries

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N.D. Cent. Code § 23-21-18 (2026).

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After the removal of all human remains interred in any part or the whole of the cemetery
lands, the cemetery authority shall file for record in the office of the county recorder of the
county or municipality in which the lands are situated a written declaration reciting that all
human remains have been removed from the lands described in the declaration.
The declaration must be acknowledged in the same manner as acknowledgments of deeds
to real property by the president and secretary, or other corresponding officers of the cemetery
authority, or by the person owning or controlling the cemetery lands, and thereafter any deed,
mortgage, or other conveyance of any part of such lands is conclusive evidence in favor of any
grantee or mortgagee named therein, and that person's successor or assig

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After the removal of all human remains interred in any part or the whole of the cemetery
lands, the cemetery authority shall file for record in the office of the county recorder of the
county or municipality in which the lands are situated a written declaration reciting that all
human remains have been removed from the lands described in the declaration.
The declaration must be acknowledged in the same manner as acknowledgments of deeds
to real property by the president and secretary, or other corresponding officers of the cemetery
authority, or by the person owning or controlling the cemetery lands, and thereafter any deed,
mortgage, or other conveyance of any part of such lands is conclusive evidence in favor of any
grantee or mortgagee named therein, and that person's successor or assigns, of the fact of the
complete removal of all human remains therefrom.