Sec. 6. If an affidavit by a competent person that:
(1) sets forth the fact of the death of one (1) joint tenant; and
(2) establishes the identity of the surviving joint tenant, who is named in the certificate of burial rights for a cemetery plot;
is filed with the cemetery in which the plot is located, the affidavit is complete authority to the cemetery to permit the use of the unoccupied portion of the plot in accordance with the direction of the surviving joint tenant or the successor in interest of the surviving joint tenant.
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.113-2022, SEC.5.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 23. Business and Other Associations
Article 14. Cemetery Associations
Chapter 40. Joint Burial Rights in Multispace Plots
23-14-40-1. Application of Chapter
23-14-40-2. Application of Chapter; Multispace Plots
23-14-40-3. Certain Burial Rights Owned With Right of Survivorship
23-14-40-4. Burial Rights Held in Joint Tenancy by Husband and Wife
23-14-40-5. Burial Rights of Joint Tenants
23-14-40-6. Rights of Surviving Joint Tenant