Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 17, Subchapter 9 - Cemeteries Generally

• § 20-17-901 - Registration Required.
  All cemeteries now existing in the state shall be registered with the county judge, if under his or her jurisdiction, or with the mayor,...
• § 20-17-902 - Burial in Registered Cemetery Required -- Records.
  (a) It shall be unlawful to bury a dead body outside of a registered cemetery.(b) The sexton or person in charge of the cemetery...
• § 20-17-903 - Application to Locate or Extend Boundaries.
  (a) Whenever it is proposed to locate a cemetery or to extend the boundaries of an existing cemetery, the party so proposing shall make...
• § 20-17-904 - Perpetual Care Trust.
  (a) By trust instrument or will, any person may establish a trust fund in perpetuity with the income from the trust fund to go...
• § 20-17-905 - Abandonment.
  (a) The circuit court of the county may order the removal of the dead from an abandoned cemetery which lies outside the limits of...
• § 20-17-906 - Disposition of Abandoned Cemetery Lots.
  (a) As used in this section, "lot" means any lot or portion of a lot in a cemetery owned by a county or municipality...
• § 20-17-907 - County Abandoned Cemetery Registration Boards.
  (a) The county judge shall appoint three (3) members to an abandoned cemetery registration board if: (1) At least ten (10) qualified voters within...
• § 20-17-908 - Responsibilities of County Abandoned Cemetery Registration Boards.
  (a) A county abandoned cemetery registration board shall have the authority to register abandoned cemeteries within the county as defined in § 20-17-905, but...
• § 20-17-909 - Minimum Maintenance for Petitioned Abandoned Cemeteries.
  Petitioned abandoned cemeteries that are no more than one (1) acre in size are eligible for minimum maintenance.
• § 20-17-910 - Abandoned Cemeteries on Private Property.
  (a) If a petitioned abandoned cemetery is on private property with no access by the public, the property owner may grant permission to the...
• § 20-17-911 - Minimum Maintenance Providers.
  Minimum maintenance for petitioned abandoned cemeteries may be secured from any source the county abandoned cemetery registration board can obtain, including work-release prisoners.

Last modified: November 15, 2016