MCL - Index of Chapter 128
NOTE: Dates reflect any modification to item, not necessarily a change in law.
| Title | Subject |
|---|---|
| Chapter 128 | CEMETERIES |
| Act 215 of 1937 | CEMETERY OR BURIAL GROUNDS (128.1 - 128.4) |
| Section 128.1 | Perpetual care and maintenance of cemetery or burial lot; resolution or ordinance; payment; investment in mutual funds; petition to transfer money to municipality. |
| Section 128.2 | Joint cemetery authority; formation and purpose. |
| Section 128.3 | "Community foundation" and "municipality" defined. |
| Section 128.4 | Irrevocable endowment and perpetual care fund; establishment as component fund within community foundation; powers and duties of community foundation; "fund" defined. |
| Act 46 of 1931 | PUBLIC CEMETERIES (128.11 - 128.16) |
| Section 128.11 | Definitions. |
| Section 128.12 | Failing or neglecting to care for and maintain burial space; proceedings for termination and forfeiture of owner's rights and interest; resolution; petition; service; publication of hearing notice; failure to appear and answer; default. |
| Section 128.13 | Burial space; proceedings for termination of rights; forfeiture; city, village or township may re-sell; copy of order served on owner; redemption. |
| Section 128.14 | Duty of board. |
| Section 128.15 | Reconveyance; perpetual care trust fund. |
| Section 128.16 | Rights not forfeited; conditions. |
| Act 55 of 1915 | Repealed-ESTABLISHMENT OF CEMETERIES (128.21 - 128.21) |
| Act 49 of 1895 | VACATING CEMETERY IN TOWNSHIP (128.31 - 128.36) |
| Section 128.31 | Removal of private cemetery; complaint; grounds; proceedings to vacate; power of circuit court. |
| Section 128.32 | Petition; filing; contents; notice; neglect or refusal to appoint attorney or agent; proceeding by freeholder resident; security for costs. |
| Section 128.33 | Hearing; burden of proof; order, recording. |
| Section 128.34 | Reinterment of dead bodies and remains; removal and erection of fences, tombstones, and monuments; removal during certain months prohibited; exception; costs. |
| Section 128.35 | Reimbursement of lot owner. |
| Section 128.36 | Reversion to original owner; conditions. |
| Act 164 of 1871 | VACATING CEMETERY IN CITY OR VILLAGE (128.41 - 128.45) |
| Section 128.41 | Vacation of cemetery; jurisdiction of chancery court. |
| Section 128.42 | Petition of trustees or council to vacate; notice. |
| Section 128.43 | Court proceedings; order to vacate; recording. |
| Section 128.44 | Reinterment; time of year; expenses, payment. |
| Section 128.45 | Price of lots repaid. |
| Act 297 of 1929 | VACATING CEMETERY IN CITY OR VILLAGE (128.51 - 128.57) |
| Section 128.51 | Circuit court in chancery; jurisdiction to vacate cemeteries. |
| Section 128.52 | Contract for sale of private cemetery to city, village; contents. |
| Section 128.53 | Petition of trustees or council to vacate; filing, notice. |
| Section 128.54 | Compensation to objecting lot owners; credit on contract; condition precedent. |
| Section 128.55 | Court proceedings; order to vacate, contents, recording; recorded under complete bar. |
| Section 128.56 | Appeal; bond. |
| Section 128.57 | Repealed. 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978. |
| Act 113 of 1915 | CARE OF CEMETERIES (128.61 - 128.62) |
| Section 128.61 | Cemeteries; joint maintenance by municipalities; money deposited in trust, limitation, expenditure. |
| Section 128.62 | Cemetery day. |
| Act 95 of 1909 | TRUST FUND FOR CARE OF CEMETERIES (128.71 - 128.74) |
| Section 128.71 | Township board of trustees; taking, receiving, and holding property in trust; purpose; expenditure of funds. |
| Section 128.72 | Trust fund; investment. |
| Section 128.73 | Trust fund; not transferable. |
| Section 128.74 | Treasurer and custodian; bond. |
| Act 81 of 1903 | CARE AND PRESERVATION OF CEMETERY LOTS (128.81 - 128.90) |
| Section 128.81 | Cemetery lots; deposit for care with county treasurer. |
| Section 128.81a | Deposit of money after June 30, 2018. |
| Section 128.82 | Investment of money deposited under MCL 128.81. |
| Section 128.83 | Transfer of earnings on investment; purpose. |
| Section 128.84 | Repealed. 2018, Act 8, Eff. June 30, 2018. |
| Section 128.85 | Treasurer's bond; increase. |
| Section 128.86 | Annual report on money deposited, invested, and expended. |
| Section 128.87 | Cemetery deposits; county liability. |
| Section 128.88 | Cemetery deposits; tax exempt. |
| Section 128.89 | Transfer of money after June 30, 2018; inability to identify location of cemetery or cemetery lot; certification of abandoned legal interests or rights; presumption; requirements; record of certification. |
| Section 128.90 | Definitions. |
| Act 201 of 1911 | Repealed-FENCING OF PRIVATE CEMETERIES (128.91 - 128.93) |
| Act 211 of 1911 | FENCING OF PRIVATE CEMETERIES (128.101 - 128.103) |
| Section 128.101 | Private cemeteries in cities; fencing. |
| Section 128.102 | Private cemeteries in cities; notice to build or repair. |
| Section 128.103 | Noncompliance with fencing requirement; erection by city council; expense. |
| Act 88 of 1875 | EXEMPTION OF PRIVATE BURIAL GROUNDS FROM TAXATION OR ATTACHMENT (128.111 - 128.112) |
| Section 128.111 | Private burial grounds; laying out; deed. |
| Section 128.112 | Private burial grounds; exemptions. |
| Act 22 of 1905 | MEMORY DAYS (128.121 - 128.121) |
| Section 128.121 | Memory days; purpose. |
| Act 272 of 1909 | ENLARGEMENT OF TOWNSHIP BURIAL GROUNDS (128.151 - 128.164) |
| Section 128.151 | Township board of trustees; providing new burying ground or enlarging limits of existing burying ground; providing suitable approaches or enlarging limits of existing approach; inability to agree; application for jury; determining just compensation and necessity for using real estate. |
| Section 128.152 | Summons or venire facias commanding county sheriff or constable to summon freeholders to appear as jury; application and issuance; ascertaining just compensation and necessity for using real estate; notice to owner or occupant; service. |
| Section 128.153 | Notice to township board of trustees; publication; service of notice on owner. |
| Section 128.154 | Judge; duties; jury summons, return, contents; empaneling. |
| Section 128.155 | Jury sworn by judge; subpoenas for witnesses; visiting and examining premises; jurors' certificate; signatures and indorsement; judge's certificate. |
| Section 128.156 | Judgment; collection. |
| Section 128.157 | Incompetent or unknown owner; county treasurer, duties; funds subject to court order. |
| Section 128.158 | Vesting of fee; conditions; writ of possession. |
| Section 128.159 | Possession by township; writ of possession. |
| Section 128.160 | Jury disagreement; adjournment, limit. |
| Section 128.161 | Parties to suit; proof of claims; settlement. |
| Section 128.162 | Payment order; issuance, receipt; evidence. |
| Section 128.163 | Subsequent proceedings. |
| Section 128.164 | Fees; compensation. |