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2018 Georgia Code 36-72-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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ARTICLE 2 SERVICE DELIVERY

36-72-1. Legislative findings and intent.

  1. The care accorded the remains of deceased persons reflects respect and regard for human dignity as well as cultural, spiritual, and religious values.The General Assembly declares that human remains and burial objects are not property to be owned by the person or entity which owns the land or water where the human remains and burial objects are interred or discovered, but human remains and burial objects are a part of the finite, irreplaceable, and nonrenewable cultural heritage of the people of Georgia which should be protected.
  2. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the provisions of this chapter be construed to require respectful treatment of human remains in accord with the equal and innate dignity of every human being and consistent with the identifiable ethnic, cultural, and religious affiliation of the deceased individual as indicated by the method of burial or other historical evidence or reliable information.

(Code 1981, §36-72-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 274, § 3.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

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Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 36-72-1

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Smith v. Pulaski Cnty., 269 Ga. 688 (Ga. 1998).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 8, 1998 | 501 S.E.2d 213, 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 1937

...mkin Jackson Smith and other members of her family filed a petition for mandamus against Pulaski County and its sole commissioner, John Anderson, claiming that the County had an affirmative obligation under the Georgia Abandoned Cemeteries Act, OCGA § 36-72-1 et seq., to preserve, protect, and prevent the desecration of the Lamkin family cemetery located in Pulaski County....