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Pennsylvania Statutes, Title 8

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Title 8, BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS

42 chapters · 407 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 8407 Ch 11, Powers, Duties and Rights of Appoint…51 Ch 10, Powers and Duties of Elected Officials37 Ch 24, Water System35 Ch 2, Creation and Alteration25 Ch 27, Recreation Places, Shade Trees and F…24 Ch 20, Sanitary Sewers20 Ch 13, Taxation and Finance19 Ch 17, Streets19 Ch 8, Elections of Officers14 Ch 31, Health and Sanitation12 Ch 1, Preliminary Provisions11 Ch 33, Ordinances11 Ch 21A, Assessments and Charges for Public I…9 Ch 28, Cemeteries9

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8 Pa.C.S. § 2800 Appropriations for burial ground maintenance
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A borough may appropriate annually, out of the general funds of the borough, a sum for the care, upkeep, maintenance and beautifying of: (1) cemeteries and burial grounds lying wholly or partly within the boundary limits of the borough or in the territory immediately adjacent to …
8 Pa.C.S. § 2800.1 Burial of deceased persons
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A borough may prohibit the burial or interment of deceased persons anywhere within borough limits.
8 Pa.C.S. § 2801 Management by cemetery commission
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If the title and management of a cemetery is vested in a borough, the council may, by ordinance, vest the care, management and operation of the cemetery in a cemetery commission of three citizens to be appointed by the council. The ordinance shall provide for the terms of the cem…
8 Pa.C.S. § 2802 Transfer from borough to company
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(a) Authority.--Upon petition of at least 10% of living cemetery lot owners, the council may transfer the cemetery and its management to an incorporated cemetery company. (b) Procedure.--Upon presentation of a petition under subsection (a), the council may enact an ordinance decl…

8 Pa.C.S. § 2805 Transfer from company to borough

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(a) Judicial action.-- (1) Upon the petition of an incorporated cemetery company and the owners of a majority of the taxable real estate in the borough, the court of common pleas may authorize the transfer of a cemetery to the borough where the cemetery is located or is adjacent …

8 Pa.C.S. § 2805.1 Neglected or abandoned cemeteries

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(a) Maintenance.--The council may, upon compliance with subsection (b), direct the removal of weeds, refuse and debris from an abandoned or neglected cemetery. (b) Notice.-- (1) To exercise the power under subsection (a), the council must give notice to the owner directing the re…

8 Pa.C.S. § 2808 Removing bodies to alter plots

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In altering the plot of a cemetery, bodies may be removed and reinterred in a suitable place but without cost to surviving relatives.

8 Pa.C.S. § 2809 Removal of bodies to other cemeteries

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(a) Authority.-- (1) This subsection applies to a privately owned cemetery, a borough-owned cemetery or a cemetery affiliated with a religious society or church or any other organization, when the cemetery: (i) has ceased to be used for interments; (ii) has become so neglected as…

8 Pa.C.S. § 2816 Purchase of plots for burial of deceased service members

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(a) Authority.--A borough may purchase plots of ground in a cemetery or burial ground within its limits for the interment of deceased members of the armed forces who: (1) die within the borough or have a legal residence within the borough at the time of death; and (2) are entitle…