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Ark. Code Ann. § 14-54-802

Regulation of burials generally

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Brock v. Townsell (2009)

Most recently applied in Brock v. Townsell (April 2009)

Acts 1875, No. 1, § 15, p. 1; C. & M

(1) Municipal corporations shall have the power to: Regulate the burial of the dead;

(2) Provide, outside the corporate limits of the corporation, places for the interment of the dead; and

(3) Prevent any such interment within any such limits, except in public burying grounds established before the adoption of this section.

(4) Municipal corporations may not only impose proper fines and penalties but shall also have power to cause any body interred contrary to this prohibition to be taken up and buried outside the limits of the municipality.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.