Declaration of policy

9 Pa.C.S. § 702, under Reasonable Access to Burial Grounds.

9 Pa.C.S. § 702

The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) An individual has a right to reasonable access for visitation to a burial plot in a cemetery that is owned by a cemetery company or person other than a cemetery company or is a private cemetery or private family cemetery.

(2) The Commonwealth has a significant interest in protecting that right.