New Hampshire Statutes
§ 289:21 — Rights and Responsibilities
New Hampshire § 289:21
JurisdictionNew Hampshire
Title XXVICEMETERIES; BURIALS; DEAD BODIES
Ch. 289CEMETERIES
SubdivisionAbandoned Burial Grounds
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Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 289:21 (2026).
Text
Any burial ground declared abandoned under these provisions shall become a municipal cemetery for management purposes and shall be managed by the cemetery trustees, who shall assume all the authorization and rights of natural lineal descendants.
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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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