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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