{"data":{"id":"us-pa/9-pa.c.s.-702","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"9 Pa.C.S. § 702","heading":"Declaration of policy.","body":"The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:\n(1) An individual has a right to reasonable access for visitation to a burial plot in a cemetery that is owned by a cemetery company or person other than a cemetery company or is a private cemetery or private family cemetery.\n(2) The Commonwealth has a significant interest in protecting that right.","path":["Title 9 - BURIAL GROUNDS","CHAPTER 7 REASONABLE ACCESS TO BURIAL GROUNDS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=09\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=7\u0026sctn=2\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-07-23 (Statute Update stamp, 9 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:30:43Z","sha256":"2776289ed88c815730ceab74c554575894c60520858e17ea13a8f4bb0c6187b8","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/9-pa.c.s.-701","next":"us-pa/9-pa.c.s.-703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}