Iowa Code § 359.37
Regulations
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Current — January 1, 2022
As of January 1, 2012
The trustees, board of directors, or other officers having the custody and control of any cemetery in this state, shall have power, subject to the bylaws and regulations of such cemetery, to enclose, improve, and adorn the ground of such cemetery; to construct avenues in the same; to erect proper buildings for the use of said cemetery; to prescribe rules for the improving or adorning the lots therein, or for the erection of monuments or other memorials of the dead upon such lots; and to prohibit any use, division, improvement or adornment of a lot which they may deem improper.
1. The trustees, board of directors, or other officers having the custody and control of any cemetery in this state, shall have power, subject to the bylaws and regulations of such cemetery, to do all of the following:
a. To enclose, improve, and adorn the ground of such cemetery.
b. To construct avenues in the cemetery.
c. To erect proper buildings for the use of the cemetery.
d. To prescribe rules for the improving or adorning the lots in the cemetery or for the erection of monuments or other memorials of the dead upon the lots.
e. To prohibit any use, division, improvement, or adornment of a lot which the trustees, directors, or officers may deem improper.
The trustees, after such land has been advertised for sealed bids by the trustees, shall have authority to sell and dispose of any lands or parcels of lands heretofore dedicated for cemetery purposes and which are no longer necessary for such purposes, for the reason that no burials are being made in such cemetery, provided that any portion of said cemetery in which burials have been made shall be kept and maintained by said trustees. The proceeds from such sales shall be deposited in the tax fund established in accordance with section 359.30, to be used for the purposes of that fund.
2. The trustees, after such land has been advertised for sealed bids by the trustees, shall have authority to sell and dispose of any lands or parcels of lands previously dedicated for cemetery purposes and which are no longer necessary for such purposes, for the reason that no burials are being made in the cemetery. However, any portion of the cemetery in which burials have been made shall be kept and maintained by the trustees. The proceeds from such sales shall be deposited in the tax fund established in accordance with section 359.30, to be used for the purposes of that fund.
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