Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.
157.60 - Public easement in cemetery.

157.60 Public easement in cemetery. Any person who opens or makes any highway, town way, or private way or constructs any railroad, turnpike, or canal or anything in the nature of a public easement over, through, in, or upon such part of any enclosure, being the property of any municipality, religious association, or private proprietor, as may be used for burial, unless an authority for that purpose is specially granted by law or unless the consent of such municipality, religious association, or private proprietor is first obtained by the person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year and by fine not exceeding $3,000.
History: 2015 a. 237.

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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.