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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

36-72-6. Identification and notification of descendants of person in cemetery sought to be developed.

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

  1. The applicant shall implement its plan for identifying and locating descendants no later than the date the application is submitted to the governing authority. The governing authority shall review the applicant’s plan for identifying and notifying the descendants of the deceased persons and may require as a condition for issuing a permit that the applicant implement additional reasonable attempts to identify and locate descendants. Notice to possible descendants shall include information on how to contact the governing authority and a summary of the rights of descendants under this chapter. The governing authority shall promptly inform any descendant who indicates an interest in the disposition of the human remains and burial objects regarding any proposals for mitigation, the terms of any permit issued, the time and place of any scheduled public hearings, and appeal procedures and events.

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, § 36-72-6, 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 324; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 5150ee8c60f7.