State Cemetery Laws

These are your state to state links for cemetery laws. They begin with Ohio & work outward from there. There can be a great difference in laws where cemetery protections are concerned. We will add more as time goes on.

At the present, Ohio has very strong laws concerning health issues that may arise from improper burials & weak laws when it comes to protecting its oldest & many times abandon cemeteries.

Ohio Cemetery Law

http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/2832.htm

https://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(ldsveefeussc3255xwk4a43p))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-251-of-1968

http://www.dleg.state.mi.us/bcsc/forms/cem/cemlaw.pdf

http://www.legis.state.wv.us/wvcode/code.cfm?chap=35&art=5

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvahca/cem_law.htm

http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/cemcodes.html

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_laws_regarding_burial_practices_and_cemeteries/1956

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/cemetery_recordation_and_preservation/1875

https://louisville.edu/anthropology/faculty-and-staff/diblasi-site/kentucky-revised-statues-as-they-relate-to.html

http://veterans.ky.gov/cemeteries/Pages/default.aspx

Illinois has some of the best laws on the books when it comes to protecting cemeteries & tombstones. Their section “Cemetery Care Act” is a model for other states to adopt.

http://www.icfha.org/cemetery-laws–regulatory-information.html

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2136&ChapterID=61

http://www.dos.ny.gov/cmty/cemlaw.html

http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/homepage_general/faq_cem_presv.htm

http://www.fauquiercounty.gov/documents/departments/commdev/pdf/b_State_Cemetery_Laws.pdf