{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-4-70","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 38-4-70","heading":"Cemeteries established; eligibility for interment.","body":"(a) The Department of Veterans Service is authorized to establish, operate, and maintain Georgia veterans cemeteries in this state; provided, however, that the Georgia veterans cemetery in existence on July 1, 2002, shall be known as the “Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery.”\n(b) The Department of Veterans Service has the primary responsibility for verifying eligibility for interment in a Georgia veterans cemetery. Eligibility criteria for interment in a Georgia veterans cemetery is the same as required for interment in a national cemetery as provided by federal law and rules and regulations applicable thereto.","path":["TITLE 38 Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs","CHAPTER 4 Veterans Affairs","Article 2 Veterans Benefits","PART 3 Georgia Veterans Cemeteries"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.38.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"da8bfa2ce1485be0cd0b4fc31a3deabb56221c45e9bbbc4d39748cd5e578a035","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-4-56","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-4-71"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}