New Hampshire Statutes
§ 289:15 — Discontinuance
New Hampshire § 289:15
JurisdictionNew Hampshire
Title XXVICEMETERIES; BURIALS; DEAD BODIES
Ch. 289CEMETERIES
SubdivisionCemetery Trustees
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Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 289:15 (2026).
Text
Whenever there is a public necessity for the discontinuance of any municipal cemetery and the removal of the remains of persons buried in such cemetery, the cemetery may be discontinued by a 3/4 vote of the legal voters present and voting at any town meeting held for the purpose, or by 3/4 of each board of the city councils present and voting.
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Legislative History
1994, 318:2, eff. Aug. 7, 1994.
Nearby Sections
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§ 289:1
Definitions§ 289:10
Investments§ 289:11
Accounting§ 289:12
Reports§ 289:13
Cemetery Association Termination§ 289:14-b
Historic Burial Grounds and Cemeteries§ 289:15
Discontinuance§ 289:16
Reinterment§ 289:17
Removal of Monuments§ 289:18
Forfeiture Procedures§ 289:19
Neglected Burial Ground§ 289:2
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Bluebook (online)
New Hampshire § 289:15, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nh/289/289%3A15.