65-85. Definitions.
As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
(1) Abandoned. - Ceased from maintenance or use by the person with legal right to the real property with the intent of not again maintaining the real property in the foreseeable future.
(2) Cemetery. - A tract of land used for burial of multiple graves.
(3) Department. - The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
(4) Grave. - A place of burial for a single decedent.
(5) Neglected. - Left unattended or uncared for through carelessness or intention and lacking a caretaker.
(6) Public cemetery. - A cemetery for which there is no qualification to purchase, own, or come into possession of a grave in that cemetery. (2007-118, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 14.30(s).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 12 - Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries.
§ 65-91 - Money deposited with the clerk of superior court.
§ 65-92 - Separate record of accounts to be kept.
§ 65-93 - Funds to be kept perpetually.
§ 65-94 - Investment of funds.
§ 65-95 - Clerk's bond; substitution of bank or trust company as trustee.
§ 65-96 - Funds exempt from taxation.
§ 65-101 - Entering public or private property to maintain or visit with consent.
§ 65-102 - Entering public or private property to maintain or visit without consent.
§ 65-111 - County commissioners to provide list of public and abandoned cemeteries.
§ 65-112 - Appropriations by county commissioners.
§ 65-113 - County commissioners to have control of abandoned public cemeteries; trustees.