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Okla. Stat. tit. 8, § 8-187: Abandoned cemetery on privately owned land - Visitation

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Any relative of the deceased who wishes to visit an abandoned

cemetery which is completely surrounded by privately owned land, for

which no public ingress or egress is available, shall have the right

to reasonable ingress or egress for the purpose of visiting such

cemetery. This right of access to such cemeteries extends only to

visitation during reasonable hours and only for purposes usually

associated with cemetery visits. For the purposes of this section,

"abandoned cemetery" means any place where human skeletal remains

are buried and which no body has been interred for at least twenty-

five (25) years and where such site is readily identifiable as a

cemetery by an inspection of the property. Any relative of the

deceased who wishes to visit an abandoned cemetery shall make a good

faith effort to notify the owners and tenants, if any, of said

property prior to visiting the cemetery. This section shall not be

interpreted to allow the creation of an easement or claim of

easement nor a right of ownership or claim of right of ownership to

an abandoned cemetery.

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