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The private cemetery - Owners and/or caretakers are usually listed at the cemetery entrance. This restrictive cemetery could be owned and operated by a lodge, a community organization, the military, or a specific family.
The private cemetery - Owners and/or caretakers are usually listed at the cemetery entrance. This restrictive cemetery could be owned and operated by a lodge, a community organization, the military, or a specific family.
The law contemplates generally two categories of cemeteries, public and private. A public cemetery is one used by the general community, a neighborhood, or a church, while a private cemetery is one used only by a family or a small portion of the community.
If you or your family own and live on a large area of land, creating a family cemetery may be relatively straightforward, but even so it still requires permissions from local governments.
Home burials are technically legal in every state except: California.
Where can bodies be buried in North Carolina? Most bodies are buried in established cemeteries, but there are no state laws in North Carolina that prohibit burial on private property.
Also assume that 1 acre can contain 1,000 gravesites (a rule of thumb is that between 800 and 1,200 gravesites will fit on an acre).
The word cemetery (from Greek κοιμητήριον 'sleeping place') implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard.
There are no laws that prohibit home burial. You must check local zoning laws before establishing a home cemetery or burying on private land. It is legally required to hire a Funeral Director to handle certain parts of the funeral.
Active family cemeteries, ones where burials still take place, are not only rare, but often considered suspect by neighbors and local zoning boards. Fortunately, they are legal in all 50 states, but not without some serious hoop jumping.