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Is natural (green) burial legal? Yes. Most of what you may think of as laws are either rules of individual cemeteries or common practices assumed to be legal requirements. There is no law that a burial vault must be used, but many cemeteries require them for ease of lawn maintenance and closer spacing of graves.
Ing to the legal counsel of the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, Pennsylvania does not have laws restricting one from being buried on their own property. The legality of being buried on private property rests in the ordinances of the local municipalities and townships.
“Cemetery.” A place for the disposal or burial of deceased human beings, by cremation or in a grave, mausoleum, vault, columbarium or other receptacle, but the term does not include a private cemetery or a private family cemetery.
What are burial and cemetery plot requirements in Pennsylvania? As mentioned above, you can bury your loved one on your private cemetery plot if you have one. Nothing in state law prohibits a burial on private, family property. The family should check with the local zoning or code enforcement officer.
Family Cemetery Plots: Pennsylvania permits the establishment of private family cemeteries on private property, but zoning and health department approvals may be required.
: a place where dead people are buried : graveyard.
And families may be responsible for maintaining their own plots. So while both cemeteries andMoreAnd families may be responsible for maintaining their own plots. So while both cemeteries and graveyards serve the same purpose of providing a final resting place for the deceased.
No law requires a casket for burial. However, you should check with the cemetery; it might have rules requiring a certain type of container.