N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-5 (2026)
County commissioners may establish new cemeteries
The boards of county commissioners of the various counties in the State are authorized and empowered to locate and establish new graveyards or cemeteries upon the lands of their respective counties for the burial of the inmates of the county homes. (1917, c. 151, s. 1; C.S., s. 5022.)
§ 65-6. Removal and reinterment of bodies.
Whenever the county commissioners have established new graveyards or cemeteries, they are authorized and empowered to remove to such graveyards or cemeteries all bodies of deceased inmates of the county homes. (1917, c. 151, s. 2; C.S., s. 5023.)
Article 4.
Trust Funds for the Care of Cemeteries.
§ 65-7: Repealed by Session Laws 2007-118, s. 3, effective July 1, 2007.
§ 65-8: Repealed by Session Laws 2007-118, s. 3, effective July 1, 2007.
§ 65-9: Repealed by Session Laws 2007-118, s. 3, effective July 1, 2007.
§ 65-10: Repealed by Session Laws 2007-118, s. 3, effective July 1, 2007.
§ 65-11: Repealed by Session Laws 2007-118, s. 3, effective July 1, 2007.
§ 65-12: Repealed by Session Laws 2007-118, s. 3, effective July 1, 2007.
Article 5.
Removal of Graves.
§ 65-13: Repealed by Session Laws 2007-118, s. 4, effective July 1, 2007, and applicable to all trusts created on or after that date.
§§ 65-14 through 65-15. Repealed by Session Laws 1971, c. 797, s. 2.
Article 6.
Cemetery Associations.