Oregon Statutes - Chapter 97 - Rights and Duties Relating to Cemeteries, Human Bodies and Anatomical Gifts - Section 97.020 - Exemption of certain organizations and cemeteries from certain sections of chapter.

(1) The provisions of ORS 97.030, 97.120, 97.310 to 97.350, 97.360 (1), 97.510 and 97.550 relating to private cemeteries do not apply to:

(a) Any religious or eleemosynary corporation, church, religious society or denomination, corporation sole administering temporalities of any church or religious society or denomination or any cemetery that such entity organizes, controls or operates.

(b) Any county or city cemetery.

(2) The provisions of ORS 97.810 to 97.865 relating to private cemeteries do not apply to:

(a) Any religious or eleemosynary corporation, church, religious society or denomination, corporation sole administering temporalities of any church or religious society or denomination or any cemetery that such entity organizes, controls or operates, unless the cemetery authority for an entity described in this paragraph elects to subject itself to ORS 97.810 to 97.865.

(b) Any county or city cemetery, unless the county or city elects to subject itself to ORS 97.810 to 97.865. [Amended by 1955 c.473 §1; 1997 c.167 §1]

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