Code of Alabama
Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.
Chapter 17 - Burial Places, Graveyards and Cemeteries.

Section 11-17-1 - Petition for Appointment of Commission to Locate or Enlarge, Mark Boundaries, etc., of Burial Places, Graveyards or Cemeteries. - Five or more citizens may petition the judge of probate...

Section 11-17-2 - Commission - Appointment; Notice of Appointment and Issuance of Commission to Members. - Upon the filing of such petition, the judge shall appoint...

Section 11-17-3 - Commission - Establishment and Marking of Boundaries; Preparation and Filing of Reports. - Within 60 days after their appointment, the commission shall meet...

Section 11-17-4 - Commission - Assessment and Report of Damages From Taking of Property, Etc. - The commission shall also assess the damages suffered by any...

Section 11-17-5 - Recordation of Proceedings Upon Payment of Damages and Costs. - Upon the payment to the probate judge by the petitioners...

Section 11-17-6 - Dedication to Public and Use of Burial Place. - After such proceedings are recorded, the burial place so located,...

Section 11-17-7 - Appeals From Assessment of Damages - Authorized. - Any party interested in such proceeding to locate and fix...

Section 11-17-8 - Appeals From Assessment of Damages - Bond. - Any person desiring to appeal as provided for in this...

Section 11-17-9 - Appeals From Assessment of Damages - Establishment of Date for Hearing; Summoning and Empaneling of Jurors; Notice of Hearing. - On the approval of such appeal bond by the probate...

Section 11-17-10 - Appeals From Assessment of Damages - Conduct of Hearing Generally; Establishment of Damages by Jury. - On the hearing of such trial, the court shall cause...

Section 11-17-11 - Appeals From Assessment of Damages - Entry of Judgment for Damages and Costs. - The court shall enter an appropriate order of judgment of...

Section 11-17-12 - Property Not Deemed Dedicated Until Damages and Costs Paid. - The property set apart for burial places as provided in...

Section 11-17-13 - Preservation, Repair, etc., of Public or Private Burial Places, etc., Declared Charitable Purposes; Conveyances, Devises, etc., of Burial Places for Such Purposes Deemed to Create Charitable Trusts. - The preservation, repair, and maintenance of public or private burial...

Section 11-17-14 - Burial Societies, Cemeteries, etc., Empowered to Accept Conveyances, Devises, etc., and to Act as Trustees. - Every burial society or burial association organized under the laws...

Section 11-17-15 - Trusts Created by Conveyances, Devises, etc., May Be Perpetual; Terms and Conditions of Same. - Any trust created by any such conveyance, transfer, devise, or...

Section 11-17-16 - Validation, etc., of Prior Conveyances, Bequests, Etc. - All conveyances, transfers, devises, and bequests for any purpose set...