307.01 PLAT AND RECORD. Any private person and any religious corporation may establish a cemetery on the person’s or corporation’s own land in the following manner: The land shall be surveyed and a plat thereof made. A stone or other monument shall be established to mark one corner of such cemetery, and its location shall […]
307.02 EFFECT OF RECORDED PLAT. When such plat has been recorded, every donation or grant of lands therein to the public, to any religious corporation, or to any individual, shall be deemed a conveyance of such lands, subject to the conditions and restrictions, if any, contained therein. Every conveyance of such lots shall be expressly […]
307.03 RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS MAY ACQUIRE EXISTING CEMETERIES. Any religious corporation, or two or more together, may acquire, by gift or purchase, the cemetery lands and property of any cemetery association or private cemetery, and every such association, and the owner of any private cemetery, are hereby empowered to convey to religious corporations any cemetery land […]
307.04 CONVEYANCE OF LOTS. Every religious corporation owning such cemetery may sell and convey lots therein for burial purposes only. Deeds thereof may be executed by the treasurers of such corporations, or by one or more of the trustees thereunto authorized by resolution duly adopted by its board of trustees. History: (7628) RL s 2963
307.05 GIFTS FOR PROPRIETARY CARE OF LOTS. Gifts, grants and bequests of personal property to any trust company, or to one or more individuals and their successors, in trust for the purpose of perpetual care, maintenance, and adornments of lots in private cemeteries and the walks, monuments, and structures thereon are permitted. They shall not […]
307.06 TRANSFER TO ASSOCIATION; HOW EFFECTED. Any private cemetery established, platted, and recorded under the laws of this state may consolidate with and transfer its property, for cemetery purposes only, to any cemetery association or corporation organized under the laws of this state which is contiguous to, or adjacent to, such cemetery corporation. To so […]
307.07 EFFECT OF TRANSFER. When such resolution shall have been passed and certified to by the presiding officer and secretary of such meeting and recorded in the office of the county recorder, as aforesaid, and the terms and conditions of consolidation shall have been accepted by the board of directors or trustees of such cemetery […]
307.08 DAMAGES; ILLEGAL MOLESTATION OF HUMAN REMAINS; BURIALS; CEMETERIES; PENALTY; AUTHENTICATION. Subdivision 1. Legislative intent; scope. It is a declaration and statement of legislative intent that all human burials, human remains, and human burial grounds shall be accorded equal treatment and respect for human dignity without reference to their ethnic origins, cultural backgrounds, or religious […]
307.082 CIVIL ACTIONS. Subdivision 1. Who may bring. An action under this section may be maintained by the attorney general; a state agency or political subdivision; an individual residing within this state; or a partnership, corporation, association, company, or other entity with shareholders, members, partners, or employees residing within this state. Subd. 2. Action. A […]
307.09 EXEMPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Extent of exemptions. All lands, not exceeding 100 acres in extent, and in the case of cemeteries owned and managed by religious corporations, or corporations solely owned and controlled by and in the interest of any religious denomination, 300 acres in extent, so laid out and dedicated as a private cemetery, […]
307.10 VACATION; CHANGE OF NAME. Upon application of the owners of such cemetery, the district court of the county in which it is situate may alter or vacate the same, or any part thereof, as in the case of town plats. Upon like application, and upon such notice as the court may direct, it may […]
307.11 ABANDONED LOTS; RECOVERY. Sections 306.21; 306.22; 306.23; 306.24 and 306.241 apply to private cemeteries subject to the provisions of this chapter. History: 1976 c 203 s 1
307.115 CORRECTION OF INTERMENT ERRORS. Section 306.155 applies to private cemeteries subject to this chapter. Nothing in section 306.155 shall exempt cemeteries from complying with chapter 149A. History: 2003 c 48 s 2; 1Sp2003 c 23 s 2
307.12 RELOCATION. A cemetery may not be relocated without the consent of the owners. History: 1993 c 100 s 3
