Wyoming § 35-8-201 Power of cities and towns with respect to
cemeteries

Wyoming Statutes

§ 35-8-201 — Power of cities and towns with respect to cemeteries

Wyoming § 35-8-201

Title 35Public Health and Safety

Ch. 8CEMETERIES AND BURIALS

Art. 2MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 35-8-201 (2026).

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In addition to the powers conferred upon them by law, each
incorporated city or town in the state of Wyoming shall have
power and authority to purchase, hold, and pay for lands, not
exceeding eighty (80) acres in one (1) body, outside of the
limits of any incorporated city or town, for the purpose of the
burial of the dead; to have and exercise such police
jurisdiction over the same, and over any cemetery lying near
said city or town and used by the inhabitants thereof, as may be
necessary for the proper control and regulation of the same; to
survey, plat, map, grade, fence, ornament, and otherwise improve
all burial and cemetery grounds and the avenues or streets
leading thereto, owned by the city or town; to construct walks,
rear and protect ornamental trees therein, and provide for
payi

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In addition to the powers conferred upon them by law, each
incorporated city or town in the state of Wyoming shall have
power and authority to purchase, hold, and pay for lands, not
exceeding eighty (80) acres in one (1) body, outside of the
limits of any incorporated city or town, for the purpose of the
burial of the dead; to have and exercise such police
jurisdiction over the same, and over any cemetery lying near
said city or town and used by the inhabitants thereof, as may be
necessary for the proper control and regulation of the same; to
survey, plat, map, grade, fence, ornament, and otherwise improve
all burial and cemetery grounds and the avenues or streets
leading thereto, owned by the city or town; to construct walks,
rear and protect ornamental trees therein, and provide for
paying the cost thereof; to convey cemetery lots owned by such
city or town, and to issue deeds of conveyance therefor in such
form and with such conditions therein as may be prescribed by
the mayor and council of such city or town, which deeds of
conveyance shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the city
clerk of such city or town; to limit the number of cemetery lots
which shall be owned by the same person at the same time; and to
prescribe rules for enclosing and adorning cemetery lots, and
the erection of monuments and tombstones thereon.