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
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COMMUNITY MAUSOLEUMS AND COLUMBARIA
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 5577)
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§ 5577. Mausoleum becoming untenable
If a mausoleum, vault, crypt, or structure containing one or more deceased human bodies
becomes a hazard to public health, and the owner or owners of the structure fail to
remedy or remove the same to the satisfaction of the Department of Health, a court
of competent jurisdiction may order the person, firm, or corporation owning the structure
to remove the body or bodies for interment in some suitable cemetery at the expense
of the person, firm, or corporation owning the mausoleum, vault, or crypt. When the
person, firm, or corporation cannot be found in the county where the mausoleum, vault,
or crypt is located, then the removal and interment shall be at the expense of the
cemetery, cemetery association, city, or town where the mausoleum, vault, or crypt
is situated. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; 2021, No. 15, § 5.)