Pennsylvania § 15515 Care of graves and headstones

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 15515 — Care of graves and headstones

Pennsylvania § 15515

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 16COUNTIES

PartPART IV

Ch. 155MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Subch.INTERMENT OF DECEASED SERVICEPERSONS

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16 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 15515 (2026).

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(a)General rule.--The county commissioners may:

(1)ensure that the graves and headstones of all deceased servicepersons and all other veterans who are buried in the county receive proper and fitting care; and

(2)employ all necessary assistants to carry out the provisions of this section.

(b)Expenses.--The expense of the care of the graves and headstones under subsection (a) may be paid for by the county in which the graves are located, except if suitable care is otherwise provided.

(c)Spending of money.--Money appropriated may be expended directly by the board of county commissioners or paid over to the individual, firm, association or corporation owning or controlling a cemetery or other interment site in the county in which a grave is situated.

(d)Limitation.--The amount paid

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(a) General rule.--The county commissioners may:

(1) ensure that the graves and headstones of all deceased servicepersons and all other veterans who are buried in the county receive proper and fitting care; and

(2) employ all necessary assistants to carry out the provisions of this section.

(b) Expenses.--The expense of the care of the graves and headstones under subsection (a) may be paid for by the county in which the graves are located, except if suitable care is otherwise provided.

(c) Spending of money.--Money appropriated may be expended directly by the board of county commissioners or paid over to the individual, firm, association or corporation owning or controlling a cemetery or other interment site in the county in which a grave is situated.

(d) Limitation.--The amount paid to care for a grave each year under this section may not exceed the charge for the annual care and maintenance of similar graves in the same cemetery or, if no fixed charge is established in that cemetery, may not exceed the sum charged in other cemeteries in the same county for similar services.