Tennessee Code 46-1-217 – Agreement with owners of real property to conduct improvement care to graves located on property
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 46-1-217
- Cemetery: means any land or structure in this state dedicated to and used, or intended to be used, for interment of human remains. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
- Improvement care: means the continual maintenance of the cemetery grounds and graves in keeping with a properly maintained cemetery, including cutting of grass, raking and cleaning of cemetery plots at reasonable intervals, and pruning of shrubs and trees. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- remains: means the body of a deceased person, including the body in any stage of decomposition, and cremated remains. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
Interested persons, as that term is defined in § 46-4-102, may enter into an agreement with the owners of real property that is not designated as a cemetery, but does have human remains with marked and identifiable graves, to conduct improvement care, as that term is defined in § 46-1-102, to the graves located on the real property. This section shall not be construed to require real property owners to provide the improvement care.