Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 15-1001 (2026)

Survey of cemeteries; improvements

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15-1001. Survey of cemeteries; improvements. The governing body of any city governed by this act may purchase, hold and pay for, in the manner hereinbefore mentioned, lands not exceeding eighty acres, in one body, outside the limits of such city, for the purpose of burial of the dead. The council shall provide for the survey, platting, grading, fencing, ornamenting and improving all the burial and cemetery grounds, and the avenues leading thereto, owned by such city, and may construct walks therein, rear and protect ornamental trees therein, and provide for paying the expenses thereof.

History: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 67; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 15-1001.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1986–2002 · leading case: Lower v. Bd. of Dir. of Haskell Cnty. Cemetery Dist., 56 P.3d 235 (Kan. 2002).

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Lower v. Bd. of Dir. of Haskell Cnty. Cemetery Dist., 56 P.3d 235 (Kan. 2002). “[Citation omitted.] In Kansas, the construction and maintenance of cemeteries, and the organization of cemetery corporations, are extensively regulated by statute.”

Johnson Cnty. Mem'l Gardens, Inc. v. City of Overland Park, 718 P.2d 1302 (Kan. 1986). “2d, Cemeteries § 9. In Kansas, the construction and maintenance of cemeteries, and the organization of cemetery corporations, are extensively regulated by statute.”

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