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  IC 23-14-48.5-1
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     Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter does not apply to:
        (1) a cemetery owned by a municipal corporation or other governmental unit;
        (2) a religious cemetery; or
        (3) a cemetery:
            (A) that is ten (10) acres or less in size;
            (B) that is owned and operated entirely and exclusively by a nonprofit mutual association in existence on June 14, 1939; and
            (C) in which burials took place before June 14, 1939.
    (b) This chapter applies to the whole of a cemetery described in subsection (a)(3) if, directly or indirectly:
        (1) any structure is constructed above or below ground in the cemetery and interment rights in the structure are offered for sale to the general public; or
        (2) the acquisition of:
            (A) additional land; or
            (B) an interest in additional land;
        causes the cemetery to exceed ten (10) acres in size.
As added by P.L.65-2007, SEC.3.


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