Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 68 Cemeteries, Morgues, And Human Remains - Chapter 68.60 Abandoned And Historic Cemeteries And Historic Graves

  • 68.60.010 Definitions
    Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Abandoned cemetery" means a burial ground of the human ...
  • 68.60.020 Dedication
    Any cemetery, abandoned cemetery, historical cemetery, or historic grave that has not been dedicated pursuant to RCW 68.24.030 and 68.24.040 shall be considered permanently dedicated ...
  • 68.60.030 Preservation and maintenance corporations -- Authorization of other corporations to restore, maintain, and protect abandoned cemeteries
    (1)(a) The archaeological and historical division of the department of community, trade, and economic development may grant by nontransferable certificate authority to maintain and protect ...
  • 68.60.040 Protection of cemeteries -- Penalties
    (1) Every person who in a cemetery unlawfully or without right willfully destroys, cuts, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down or removes, any tomb, ...
  • 68.60.050 Protection of historic graves -- Penalty
    (1) Any person who knowingly removes, mutilates, defaces, injures, or destroys any historic grave shall be guilty of a class C felony punishable under chapter ...
  • 68.60.055 Skeletal human remains -- Duty to notify -- Ground disturbing activities -- Coroner determination -- Definitions
    (1) Any person who discovers skeletal human remains shall notify the coroner and local law enforcement in the most expeditious manner possible. Any person knowing ...
  • 68.60.060 Violations -- Civil liability
    Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is liable in a civil action by and in the name of the state cemetery board ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009