As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
(1) Abandoned. - Ceased from maintenance or use by the person with legal right to the real property with the intent of not again maintaining the real property in the foreseeable future.
(2) Cemetery. - A tract of land used for burial of multiple graves.
(3) Department. - The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
(4) Grave. - A place of burial for a single decedent.
(5) Neglected. - Left unattended or uncared for through carelessness or intention and lacking a caretaker.
(6) Public cemetery. - A cemetery for which there is no qualification to purchase, own, or come into possession of a grave in that cemetery. (2007-118, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 14.30(s).)
§ 65-86: Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 65-87: Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 65-88: Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 65-89: Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 65-90: Reserved for future codification purposes.
Part 2. Trust Funds for Care of Cemeteries.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
2
cases, 2015–2016 · leading case:
King v. Pender Cnty., 775 S.E.2d 695 (N.C. Ct. App. 2015).
King v. Pender Cnty., 775 S.E.2d 695 (N.C. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 10× “Plaintiffs specifically requested that Judge Cobb review the Commissioners' decision and declare: the [Commissioners'] grant of consent to disinter and relocate the graves was: a) without authority because the cemetery had not been abandoned; b) based on improper interpretation…”
King v. Pender Cty., 790 S.E.2d 680 (N.C. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 4× “"Abandoned" is defined in Chapter 65 as: "[c]eased from maintenance or use by the person with legal right to the real property with the intent of not again maintaining the real property in the foreseeable future.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 65-85(1): 1 case
King v. Pender Cty., 790 S.E.2d 680 (N.C. Ct. App. 2016).
“"Abandoned" is defined in Chapter 65 as: "[c]eased from maintenance or use by the person with legal right to the real property with the intent of not again maintaining the real property in the foreseeable future.”
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