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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 381.750: Judgment -- Removal of bodies and monuments.

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  1. KRS Chapter 381

If no claim is made within thirty (30) days after the last advertisement, or if claims have

been made and compensation duly paid either to the claimants or into court, the court

shall declare the cemetery to be abandoned and enter judgment accordingly, ves ting fee

simple title in the complainant. Thereafter claimants shall have thirty (30) days in which

to remove the mortal remains and monuments from lots to which they have been

adjudged to have claim, the reasonable cost thereof to be paid by the claimant. If, within

thirty (30) days after entry of judgment said remains have not been removed by the

claimants thereto, it shall be the duty of such complainant, through its proper officers, to

pay for the removal of the monument and the disinterment, removal, a nd the reinterment

of such body, or bodies, in such other cemetery in the county in which said city is located

as the protesting lot owner may designate, or if no designation be made, to another

suitable cemetery in the county.

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