The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
002
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TOWN CEMETERIES
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 5370)
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§ 5370. Notice; headstones
When remains of the dead are removed, the selectboard, if necessary, shall cause suitable
headstones or monuments to be erected to the memory of the deceased, or to designate
the place of interment. Such remains shall not be so removed if there are known kindred
of the deceased residing in the State, until after 30 days’ notice of the intention
so to do. When kindred do not reside in the State, and known kindred reside without
the State, then the remains shall not be so removed, until after 60 days’ notice to
one of such kindred. Such notice shall be given personally or by registered mail.