§ 65-95 – Clerk's bond; substitution of bank or trust company as trustee.
65-95. Clerk’s bond; substitution of bank or trust company as trustee. The official bond of the clerk of the superior court shall be liable for all such sums as shall be paid over to the clerk in accordance with the provisions of this Part. In lieu of the provisions of this section, the clerk may […]
§ 65-96 – Funds exempt from taxation.
65-96. Funds exempt from taxation. All money referred to in the preceding sections of this Part shall be exempt from all State, county, township, town, and city taxes. (1917, c. 155, s. 4; C.S., s. 5029; 2007-118, s. 1.)
§ 65-101 – Entering public or private property to maintain or visit with consent.
65-101. Entering public or private property to maintain or visit with consent. Any of the following persons, with the consent of the public or private landowner, may enter the property of another to discover, restore, maintain, or visit a grave or abandoned public cemetery: (1) A descendant of the person whose remains are reasonably believed […]
§ 65-102 – Entering public or private property to maintain or visit without consent.
65-102. Entering public or private property to maintain or visit without consent. (a) If the consent of the landowner cannot be obtained, any person listed in G.S. 65-101(1), (2), or (3) may commence a special proceeding by petitioning the clerk of superior court of the county in which the petitioner has reasonable grounds to believe […]
§ 65-106 – Removal of graves; who may disinter, move, and reinter; notice; certificate filed; reinterment expenses; due care required.
65-106. Removal of graves; who may disinter, move, and reinter; notice; certificate filed; reinterment expenses; due care required. (a) The State of North Carolina and any of its agencies, public institutions, or political subdivisions, the United States of America or any agency thereof, any church, electric power or lighting company, or any person, firm, or […]
§ 65-111 – County commissioners to provide list of public and abandoned cemeteries.
65-111. County commissioners to provide list of public and abandoned cemeteries. Each board of county commissioners shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (1) To prepare and keep on record in the office of the register of deeds a list of all public cemeteries in the county outside the limits of incorporated municipalities, and not […]
§ 65-112 – Appropriations by county commissioners.
65-112. Appropriations by county commissioners. To encourage the persons in possession and control of the public cemeteries referred to in G.S. 65-111 to take proper care of and to beautify such cemeteries, to mark distinctly their boundary lines with evergreen hedges or rows of suitable trees, and otherwise to lay out the grounds in an […]
§ 65-113 – County commissioners to have control of abandoned public cemeteries; trustees.
65-113. County commissioners to have control of abandoned public cemeteries; trustees. The county commissioners of the various counties are authorized to oversee all abandoned public cemeteries in their respective counties, to see that the boundaries and lines are clearly laid out, defined, and marked, and to take proper steps to preserve them from encroachment, and […]
§ 65-72 – Burial without regard to race or color.
65-72. Burial without regard to race or color. (a) It shall be the public policy of the State that all cemetery companies or other legal entities conducting or maintaining public or private cemeteries shall sell to all applicants and bury all deceased human beings on equal terms without regard to race or color. Anything contrary […]
§ 65-73 – Validation of certain deeds for cemetery lots executed by suspended corporations.
65-73. Validation of certain deeds for cemetery lots executed by suspended corporations. Any deed for a cemetery lot or lots which was executed prior to January 1, 1979, and which would have been valid if the charter of the grantor corporation had not been suspended at the time the deed was executed, is hereby validated. […]