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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 72. ABANDONED CEMETERIES AND BURIAL GROUNDS

36-72-4. Permit required for developing land on which cemetery located.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. No known cemetery, burial ground, human remains, or burial object shall be knowingly disturbed by the owner or occupier of the land on which the cemetery or burial ground is located for the purposes of developing or changing the use of any part of such land unless a permit is first obtained from the governing authority of the municipal corporation or county wherein the cemetery or burial ground is located, which shall have authority to permit such activity except as provided in Code Section 36-72-14.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 36-72-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 924, § 3.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t36-ch60-92-(v27a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27A, 2025 edition, page 323; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 5150ee8c60f7.