Sec. 1. This chapter applies whenever ten (10) or more heads of families:

(1) who reside in:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-14-63-1

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
(A) a township; or

(B) the immediate vicinity of a cemetery owned by a township; and

(2) who own lots in and whose dead relatives are buried in a cemetery owned by the township;

organize, either by themselves or with others, as a corporation for the burial of the dead and the maintenance of a cemetery.

As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.37.