# Article 4 Abandoned or Previously Unidentified Cemeteries; Removal of Remains

This article is comprised of the following sections:

- §57-35.35:1 Definitions
- §57-35.36 Cemeteries owned by localities; good faith effort required prior to interment
- §57-35.37 Sale of cemeteries owned by a locality; required notice to descendants of original owner
- §57-36 Abandoned or previously unidentified graveyards may be condemned; removal of bodies
- §57-37 Costs of suits, removal and reinterment; how surplus above costs disposed of
- §57-38 Exemption from §§ 57-36 and 57-37
- §57-38.1 Proceedings by landowner for removal of remains from previously unidentified or abandoned family graveyard
- §57-38.2 Proceedings by heir at law or descendant for removal of ancestor’s remains from previously unidentified or abandoned family graveyard
- §57-39 Proceedings for removal of remains and sale of land vacated
- §57-39.1 Improvement of abandoned and neglected graveyards
- §57-39.1:1 Recovery of abandoned interment rights; procedure; rights of owner of record