Five or more citizens may petition the judge of probate of any county in which any burial place, graveyard, or cemetery is located, requesting him to appoint a commission to locate, mark the boundaries, plat and survey such burial place or to enlarge the area of any burial place, mark the boundaries thereof, plat and survey the part enlarged.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.
Chapter 17 - Burial Places, Graveyards and Cemeteries.
Section 11-17-4 - Commission - Assessment and Report of Damages From Taking of Property, Etc.
Section 11-17-5 - Recordation of Proceedings Upon Payment of Damages and Costs.
Section 11-17-6 - Dedication to Public and Use of Burial Place.
Section 11-17-7 - Appeals From Assessment of Damages - Authorized.
Section 11-17-8 - Appeals From Assessment of Damages - Bond.
Section 11-17-11 - Appeals From Assessment of Damages - Entry of Judgment for Damages and Costs.
Section 11-17-12 - Property Not Deemed Dedicated Until Damages and Costs Paid.
Section 11-17-16 - Validation, etc., of Prior Conveyances, Bequests, Etc.