§ 23-21-01 Definitions
§ 23-21-02 Municipal ordinance for disinterment
§ 23-21-03 County order for disinterment
§ 23-21-04 Declaration of intent
§ 23-21-05 Contents of declaration
§ 23-21-06 Publication
§ 23-21-07 Heading and contents
§ 23-21-08 Posting of copies
§ 23-21-09 Mailing to plot owners
§ 23-21-10 Mailing to heirs of persons interred
§ 23-21-11 Notice of desire to be present during disinterment and reinterment
§ 23-21-12 Voluntary removal
§ 23-21-13 Removal by purchaser or owner of plot or right of interment
§ 23-21-14 Removal by heirs of grantee of plot or right of interment – Affidavit
§ 23-21-15 Removal of appurtenances to interment space
§ 23-21-16 Removal and reinterment by cemetery authority
§ 23-21-17 Disposal of lands
§ 23-21-18 Recordation of removal of human remains – Acknowledgment
§ 23-21-19 Proceeds of sale of land – Use
§ 23-21-20 Use of funds to pay expense of removal
§ 23-21-21 Endowment care fund for cemetery of reinterment
§ 23-21-22 Use of funds for perpetual or other care or improvement of cemetery of reinterment
§ 23-21-23 Interment of decedent in religious cemetery – Compliance with religious requirements in removing remains
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 23-21 - Disinterment and Removal of Bodies in Cemeteries

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • week: means seven consecutive days and the word "month" a calendar month. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37