{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-11-47-40","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 11-47-40","heading":"Ownership, Regulation, Etc., of Municipal Cemeteries; Regulation, Etc., of Establishment or Use of Private Cemeteries Within Police Jurisdiction.","body":"All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to own, regulate, improve, lay out, and control town or city cemeteries and permit additions thereto and the establishment of new ones, either within or without the town or city limits, and to sell burial lots in the same, and to regulate or prohibit the establishment or use of private cemeteries within the police jurisdiction of a city or town elsewhere than in the city or town cemeteries.","path":["Title 11 Counties and Municipal Corporations.","Title 2 Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.","Chapter 47 Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.","Article 2 Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.","Division 1 General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=11-47-40","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"bba88aad785552b6e981a9fa3f950c52439fea93c25a3c083ef8434a9be38383","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-11-47-26","next":"us-al/ala.-code-11-47-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}