Washington § 68.24.240 Certain cemetery lands exempt from taxes, etc.—1901 c 147.

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§ 68.24.240 — Certain cemetery lands exempt from taxes, etc.—1901 c 147.

Washington § 68.24.240

Title 68CEMETERIES, MORGUES, AND HUMAN REMAINS

Ch. 68.24CEMETERY PROPERTY

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Wash. Rev. Code § 68.24.240 (2026).

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Upon compliance with the requirements of *this act said lands shall forever be exempt from taxation, judgment and other liens and executions. *Reviser's note: "this act" appears in 1901 c 147, the remaining sections of which were repealed by 1943 c 247 s 148 . These sections read as follows: "Section 1. Any person owning any land, exclusive of encumbrances of any kind, situate two miles outside of the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town, may have the same reserved exclusively for burial and cemetery purposes by complying with the terms of this act, provided said lands so sought to be reserved shall not exceed in area one acre. Sec.

2.Such person or persons shall cause such land to be surveyed and platted. Sec.

3.A deed of dedication of said tract for burial and cemetery

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Upon compliance with the requirements of *this act said lands shall forever be exempt from taxation, judgment and other liens and executions.

*Reviser's note: "this act" appears in 1901 c 147, the remaining sections of which were repealed by 1943 c 247 s 148 . These sections read as follows:

"Section 1. Any person owning any land, exclusive of encumbrances of any kind, situate two miles outside of the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town, may have the same reserved exclusively for burial and cemetery purposes by complying with the terms of this act, provided said lands so sought to be reserved shall not exceed in area one acre.

Sec. 2. Such person or persons shall cause such land to be surveyed and platted.

Sec. 3. A deed of dedication of said tract for burial and cemetery purposes with a copy of said plat shall be filed with the county auditor of the county in which said lands are situated and the title thereto shall be and remain in the owner, his heirs and assigns, subject to the trust aforesaid."