Nebraska Statutes 12-808. Abandoned or neglectedpioneer cemetery, defined
For purposes of sections 12-807 to 12-810 and 12-812, an abandoned or neglected pioneer cemetery shall be defined according to the following criteria:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 12-808
- Foreign: when applied to corporations shall include all those created by authority other than that of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Such cemetery was founded or the land upon which such cemetery is situated was given, granted, donated, sold, or deeded to the founders of the cemetery prior to January 1, 1900;
(2) Such cemetery contains the grave or graves of a person or persons who were homesteaders, immigrants from a foreign nation, prairie farmers, pioneers, sodbusters, first generation Nebraskans, or Civil War veterans; and
(3) Such cemetery has been generally abandoned or neglected for a period of at least five consecutive years.