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Vermont · Through 2025 session

18 V.S.A. § 5577: Mausoleum becoming untenable

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  1. Title 18: Health
  2. Chapter 121: Cemeteries
  3. Subchapter 006: COMMUNITY MAUSOLEUMS AND COLUMBARIA

If a mausoleum, vault, crypt, or structure containing one or more deceased human bodies becomes a hazard to public health, and the owner or owners of the structure fail to remedy or remove the same to the satisfaction of the Department of Health, a court of competent jurisdiction may order the person, firm, or corporation owning the structure to remove the body or bodies for interment in some suitable cemetery at the expense of the person, firm, or corporation owning the mausoleum, vault, or crypt. When the person, firm, or corporation cannot be found in the county where the mausoleum, vault, or crypt is located, then the removal and interment shall be at the expense of the cemetery, cemetery association, city, or town where the mausoleum, vault, or crypt is situated.

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