US Lawyer Database

§ 65-43.1 – Eligibility for interment in a State veterans cemetery.

65-43.1. Eligibility for interment in a State veterans cemetery. (a) The following persons are eligible for interment at a State veterans cemetery: (1) A qualified veteran. (2) The spouse, widow, or widower of a qualified veteran, or a minor child who is unmarried and dependent on the qualified veteran at the time of death. For […]

§ 65-43.2 – Proof of eligibility.

65-43.2. Proof of eligibility. (a) The veteran, his survivors, or his legal representative shall furnish any evidence necessary to establish the eligibility of the veteran or the family member before the veteran or eligible family member may be interred in a State veterans cemetery. (b) The survivors or legal representative of the deceased shall notify […]

§ 65-43.3 – Bars to eligibility.

65-43.3. Bars to eligibility. A veteran may not be interred in a State veterans cemetery under any of the following circumstances: (1) He was discharged or dismissed on the grounds that: a. He was a conscientious objector who refused to perform military duty; b. He was a deserter; or c. He was an officer who […]

§ 65-43.4 – Disinterment.

65-43.4. Disinterment. (a) When a veteran fails to abide by his agreement to be interred in the same grave site as his previously interred eligible family member, the veteran, his legal representative, or his heirs shall have the remains of the family member removed from the cemetery at no cost to the State. (b) A […]

§ 65-17.1 – Quorum at stockholders' meeting of certain nonprofit cemetery corporations; calling meeting; amendment of charter.

65-17.1. Quorum at stockholders’ meeting of certain nonprofit cemetery corporations; calling meeting; amendment of charter. Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of law or of the charter or bylaws of any corporation affected by this section, in the case of any nonprofit cemetery corporation chartered prior to the year 1900 whose charter has expired prior to May […]

§ 65-41 – Land acquisition.

65-41. Land acquisition. The State may accept land for the establishment of not more than four veterans cemeteries. (1987, c. 183, s. 1; 2013-360, s. 36.2(e).)

§ 65-4 – State Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety to furnish labor[Effective until January 1, 2023]

65-4. State Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety to furnish labor. [Effective until January 1, 2023] The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized and directed to furnish at such time, or times, as may be convenient, such prisoner’s […]

§ 65-5 – County commissioners may establish new cemeteries.

65-5. 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. […]