Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.
157.111 - Opening and closing of burial places.

157.111 Opening and closing of burial places. If a grave, mausoleum space or other place used or intended to be used for the burial of human remains is located in a cemetery owned or operated by a cemetery authority, only the cemetery authority or a person designated by the cemetery authority may open or close the grave, mausoleum space or other place used or intended to be used for the burial of human remains.
History: 1993 a. 386.

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Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.

157.01 - Rules for preparation, transportation and disposition.

157.02 - Disposal of unclaimed corpses.

157.03 - Restrictions on use of bodies for anatomical purposes; embalming such bodies; delivery of bodies to relatives.

157.04 - Penalty.

157.05 - Autopsy.

157.055 - Disposal of human remains during state of emergency relating to public health.

157.06 - Anatomical gifts.

157.061 - Definitions.

157.062 - Cemetery associations; creation; powers and duties.

157.064 - Cemetery associations and religious associations; holding property; change of ownership.

157.065 - Location and ownership of cemeteries.

157.067 - Connection with funeral establishment prohibited.

157.07 - Platting.

157.08 - Conveyances.

157.10 - Alienation, disposition, and use of cemetery lots and mausoleum spaces.

157.11 - Improvement and care of cemetery lots and grounds.

157.111 - Opening and closing of burial places.

157.112 - Reburial of human remains by a cemetery authority.

157.113 - Permission to place cremated human remains in a cemetery.

157.114 - Duty to provide for burials.

157.115 - Abandonment of cemeteries and cemetery lots.

157.12 - Mausoleums.

157.123 - Columbaria maintained by religious associations.

157.125 - Trustees for the care of cemeteries or cemetery lots.

157.128 - Minimum acreage requirement for cemetery established on or after November 1, 1991.

157.129 - Minimum acreage of cemeteries; local ordinance.

157.19 - Deposit and investment of care funds and preneed trust funds.

157.50 - Municipal cemeteries.

157.60 - Public easement in cemetery.

157.62 - Reporting; record keeping; audits.

157.625 - Reporting exemption for certain cemeteries.

157.63 - Reporting and auditing exemptions; certification of compliance of cemetery organized and operated by, or affiliated with, a religious association.

157.635 - Regulations of cemetery organized and operated by, or affiliated with, a religious association.

157.637 - Veteran burials.

157.64 - Penalties.

157.65 - Enforcement.

157.70 - Burial sites preservation.