1. Every owner of a cemetery shall keep the same in an orderly condition, and authority is conferred on the board of county commissioners of each county to make such rules as will carry out the intent of this section.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, in addition to any action that may be taken pursuant to the rules described in subsection 1, the district attorney of the county in which a cemetery is located or a relative of any person interred in a cemetery may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of subsection 1. If the court finds that the owner of the cemetery has failed to keep the cemetery in an orderly condition, the court may:
(a) Order the owner of the cemetery to take any action necessary to bring the cemetery into such a condition; or
(b) If the court also determines that continued ownership of the cemetery by the owner is not in accordance with the health, safety, comfort or welfare of the public, transfer title to the cemetery to the city or, if the cemetery is located in an unincorporated area of a county, the county in which the cemetery is located, if the city or county accepts such a transfer of title.
3. A city or county to which title of a cemetery is transferred pursuant to this section shall:
(a) Operate the cemetery;
(b) Lease the cemetery to a cemetery authority to operate the cemetery;
(c) Enter into a contract with a cemetery authority to operate the cemetery; or
(d) Transfer title of the cemetery to a nonprofit organization acting as the cemetery authority of the cemetery.
4. The provisions of subsection 2 do not apply to a cemetery owned by a city or county.
[3:166:1913; 1919 RL p. 2644; NCL § 977]—(NRS A 2017, 328)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 452.001 - Applicability of provisions.
NRS 452.002 - Adverse use by public presumptive evidence of dedication as public cemetery.
NRS 452.004 - "Administrator" defined.
NRS 452.0055 - "Board" defined.
NRS 452.007 - "Buyer" defined.
NRS 452.0075 - "Cemetery" defined.
NRS 452.008 - "Cemetery authority" defined.
NRS 452.0085 - "Division" defined.
NRS 452.0087 - "Endowment care cemetery" defined.
NRS 452.018 - "Sales commission" defined.
NRS 452.019 - "Seller" defined.
NRS 452.023 - "Unitrust" defined.
NRS 452.025 - Regulations of Administrator.
NRS 452.026 - Regulations of Board.
NRS 452.027 - Cooperation and exchange of information between Administrator and Board.
NRS 452.070 - Authority may collect fee from purchaser of plot for maintenance of cemetery.
NRS 452.080 - Agreement for endowment care.
NRS 452.090 - Agreement concerning maintenance of plot.
NRS 452.120 - Requirements for deposit by endowment care cemetery.
NRS 452.130 - Additional deposit required before disposition of plot.
NRS 452.140 - Endowment care cemetery may contain area without endowment care; requirements.
NRS 452.160 - Use of funds; authorized investments; annual financial statements.
NRS 452.200 - Liability and penalty for unauthorized use or investment of funds.
NRS 452.220 - Requirements for construction of crypt or catacomb.
NRS 452.230 - Supervision of construction: Inspector; final certificate.
NRS 452.235 - Certificate of occupancy required before use.
NRS 452.250 - Deposit of money required by NRS 452.120.
NRS 452.330 - Content of financial statement.
NRS 452.340 - Certificate of authority: Issuance; duration.
NRS 452.350 - Regulations of cemetery authority.
NRS 452.360 - Map of cemetery: Requirements; content; inspection.
NRS 452.410 - Certificate of occupancy required before sale of crypt or niche; exceptions.
NRS 452.645 - Applicability of provisions.
NRS 452.650 - Adoption of local ordinances.
NRS 452.655 - Dedication of property for use as cemetery: Procedure; effect.
NRS 452.660 - Dedication of property for use as cemetery: Removal of dedication.
NRS 452.665 - Dedication of property for use as cemetery: Priority over encumbrances.
NRS 452.670 - Prerequisites to operation of cemetery.
NRS 452.675 - Restriction on operation of crematory.
NRS 452.685 - Trust fund for endowment care: Requirements for deposit.
NRS 452.700 - Trust fund for endowment care: Exemption from process of law.
NRS 452.705 - Trust fund for endowment care: Minimum sums.
NRS 452.710 - Trust fund for endowment care: Trustees.
NRS 452.715 - Trust fund for endowment care: Administration.
NRS 452.730 - Posting and inspection of sign indicating endowment care.
NRS 452.735 - Unlawful acts; investigation by Administrator.