Knox County Cemeteries

Photograph or Transcription	Name	Cemetery Location
	Abe Bargo
	Abe Hammons
	Abner Family
	Abner Wells	Artemus
	Acorn Fork Cemetery
	Adams	Unknown
	Adams/Wilson Cemetery
	Allen	Hammond
	Allen Messer	Stinking Creek
	Amanda Bright Hammons	Stinking Creek
	Amis	Possum Hollow
	Apple Grove Cemetery
transcription	Arthur	Flat Lick
	Asher
transcription	Bain
	Baker	Jeff's Creek
	Barbourville City	Barbourville
transcription	Bargo	Unknown
transcription	Bargo, Abe	Unknown
transcription	Bargo, Finley	Unknown
	Bargo, Larkin	Salt Gum
	Bargo, Levi	Salt Gum
	Bargo, Rufus	Unknown
	Barton	Unknown
	Bay-Partin Cemetery
	Beatty	Bailey Switch
	Bingham, Lower	Middle Fork Stinking Creek
	Bingham, Lucinda	Roaring Fork
	Bingham, Upper	Middle Fork Stinking Creek
transcription	Binghamtown	Unknown
	Binghamtown	Dewitt
transcription	Black	Unknown
	Black	Gray
	Bowling	Dewitt
	Brafford	Rossland
	Brewer	Walker
	Bright	Hammonds
	Bright, Amanda Hammons	Stinking Creek
	Bright, John R	Stinking Creek
transcription	Brittain	Unknown
transcription	Broughton	Unknown
	Broughton, Job AKA Friendship Church	Houston-Broughton Holler
	Broughton, Tommy	Stinking Creek
transcription	Brown	Unknown
transcription	Bruce	Unknown
transcription	Brush Creek	Unknown
	Bryant	Unknown
transcription	Burch-Hembree	Unknown
	Callebs Creek	Callebs Creek
	Calvary	Corbin
	Campbell	Bailey Switch
	Campbell	Paint Hill
transcription	Campbell, John	Unknown
	Candle Ridge Church Cemetery	Gray
	Carnes	Turkey Creek
	Carnes, Caney	Lost Fork
	Carnes, Dee	Walker
	Carnes, James	Roaring Fork
transcription	Carnes, Mitchell	Unknown
	Carnes, Noah	Walker
	Carnes-Dewitt School	Dewitt
	Carnes-Messer	Laurel Branch
	Carnes-Warren	Roaring Fork
	Carter AKA Wells	Dowis Chapel Rd
	Carty Family	Girdler
	Childres	Unknown
	Clay Gap	Pigeon Roost
transcription	Clouse	Unknown
	Cobb	Unknown
	Cobb, Rachel Black	Unknown
	Cobb	Tedders
	Collett	Alex Creek
	Concord Baptist Church Cemetery	Flat Lick
	Coon Branch	Unknown
	Corum	Artemus
	Cottongim	Unknown
	Cox	Gray
transcription	Croley	Unknown
transcription	Davis	Gray
	Davis	Davis Bend
	Disney	Bailey's Switch
	Doolin-Tuggle-Messer	Heidrick
transcription	Dowis	Unknown
transcription	Dowis Chapel	Unknown
transcription	Dozier	Unknown
	Dozier	Unknown
transcription	Elliott	Mackey Bend
transcription	Elliott	Unknown
	Ellison	Gray
transcription	Emanuel	Unknown
transcription	Engle	Unknown
	Evergreen	Flat Lick
	Farley	Himyar
	Farris, James	Gray
transcription	Farris, James	Unknown
transcription	Farris, Parks Britton	Unknown
transcription	Faulkner Chapel	Unknown
	Fisher	Heidrick
transcription	FlatLick	Unknown
transcription	Foley	Unknown
transcription	Fore-Frost	Unknown
	Four Mile aka Hendrickson	Unknown
	Frost, Betty	Disappointment Holler
	Gambrel	Spruce Pines
	Garland	Gray or Rossland
	Gibson, J H	Fount
	Gilbert	Highway 1304
	Girdler	Girdler
	Glasscock	Indian Creek
	Goodin	Goodin Branch
transcription	Gray	Unknown
	Gray-Cox	Gray
	Gray-Foley	Paint Hill
	Gregory	Hammons Fork
	Grindstaff	Barbourville
	Gross	Gray
	Grubb	Callebs Creek
	Hammons	Road Fork Stinking Creek
	Hammons	Stinking Creek
	Hammons, Frank	Brice's Creek
transcription	Hammons-Carnes	Unknown
	Hammons-Ledford	Greenroad
	Hampton	Girdler
	Hampton	Swan Pond
	Hawn	Hwy 1304
transcription	Helton	Unknown
	Helton	Hwy 1304
	Helton, Aberry	Rossland
transcription	Helton, Bertha	Unknown
	Helton, James	Little Indian Creek
	Helton, Joab	Little Indian Creek
	Helton, John Colvin	Unknown
transcription	Helton, Parks	Unknown
	Hembree	Bargo Hill
	Hendricks	Unknown
	Hendricks-Hendrickson	Unknown
transcription	Herndon	Unknown
	Hinkle Branch	Road Fork
	Hinkle, Kenneth	Stinking Creek
	Hollin	Gray
	Holt	Artemus
	Home AKA Hopkins	Alex Creek
	HopewellChurch	Unknown
transcription	Hopper	Unknown
	Hughes Hill	Girdler
	*Hutchins	Baileys Switch
transcription	Hutton	Unknown
	Indian Creek	Indian Creek
	Indian-Gap	Unknown
	Jackson, Daniel	Scalf
	Jackson-Garland	Cannon
transcription	Jarvis	Unknown
	Jarvis	Jarvis Store
	Johnson	Heidrick
transcription	Johnson	Unknown
	Jones	Green Road
transcription	Jones	Unknown
	Jones-Hurst	Valentine Branch
	Jordan, Calvin	Hammons Fork
	Keck	Gray
	Kinningham, George	Kinningham Branch
	Kinningham, Lyon	Kinningham Branch
transcription	Kitchen	Unknown
	Knox Fork	Knox Fork
transcription	Lee	Unknown
transcription	Lee Rapier	Unknown
	Liberty Church Cemetery	Corbin
transcription	Lynn Camp	Unknown
	Lynn Camp	Corbin
	MacRoe	Macroe Branch
	Manning	Road Fork Stinking Creek
transcription	Marion	Unknown
	Martin-Logan	Bargo Hill
	Martin-Payne	Bimble
	Mayhew	Sharps Gap
transcription	Mayhew 2	Unknown
transcription	Mays	Unknown
	McDonald	Heidrick
	Mealer	Barbourville
	Messer	Salt Gum
	Messer, Dr.Allen	Stinking Creek
	Messer, Isaac	Stinking Creek
	Messer, James F	Lost Fork
	Messer, John W	Lost Fork
	Messer, Moses	Lost Fork
	Messer, Nathan	Big Creek
transcription	Middlefork	Unknown
transcription	Miles	Unknown
	Miller	Davis Bend
	Miller	Past Woodbine
transcription	Miller	Unknown
transcription	Mills	Big Creek
	Mills	Big Creek
	Mills, Canie	Walker
	Mills, Henry	Road Fork Stinking Creek
transcription	Mills, Joe	Unknown
transcription	Mills, Johnnie	Unknown
transcription	Mills, Julia	Unknown
	Mills, Lige	Buckeye Branch
transcription	Mills, Lige	Unknown
	Mills, Long Tom	Stinking Creek
	Mills, Obie	Mills creek
	Mills, Tom	Big Creek
	Mills-Parrott	Parrot Branch
	Mills-Simpson	Walker
	Morris	Cannon
	Morris-Yeager	Bimble
	Moses Messer
transcription	Mt Olivet	Unknown
	Mud Lick	Mud Lick
	Neal	Corbin
	New Bethel	Cranes Nest
transcription	Old Flat Lick	Flat Lick
transcription	Old Helton	Unknown
transcription	Old Lee	Unknown
	Parker-Woolum	Unknown
transcription	Partin	Unknown
	Patterson	Heidrick
	Patterson, William	Stinking Creek
	Payne	Bimble
	Payne	Hinkle
	Payne, Leonard Harrison	Hwy 1304
	Payne, Rachel	Bimble
	Payne-Martin-Mooneyham	Hinkle
transcription	Perkins	Unknown
transcription	Phipps	Unknown
	Phipps-Emanuel	Unknown
	Pine Hill	Corbin
	Powell	Bimble
	Powers	Brush Creek
transcription	Prichard	Unknown
transcription	Purciful	Unknown
	Resthaven	Corbin
transcription	Rice	Unknown
transcription	Richland	Unknown
transcription	Ricketts-Sowards	Unknown
	Riley, Nan	Hammons Fork
transcription	Road Fork	Unknown
transcription	Rufus Bargo	Middle Fork
transcription	Sandlick	Unknown
	Sandy Branch	Flat Lick
	Scalf Howard	Unknown
transcription	School House	Unknown
	Sexton	Gray
	Sexton Carter	Gray
transcription	Shupe aka Haun	Unknown
	Simpson aka Smith	Dewitt
transcription	Small	Unknown
	Smith	Coal Port
	Smith, Anderson	Hammons Fork
	Smith, Harrison	Hammons Fork
	Smith, Harrison	Boone Heights
	Smith-Westerfield	Woodbime
	Sowders	Artemus
transcription	Spurlock Creek	Unknown
transcription	Stacey	Unknown
	Stewart	Flat Lick
transcription	Stinking Creek	Unknown
transcription	Stoney Fork	Unknown
	Swafford-Taylor	Hammons Fork
	Tanyard	Barbourville
	Taylor-Broughton	Alex Creek
	Teague	Unknown
transcription	Terrell, William	Unknown
	Thomas	Reese Hollow
transcription	Thomson	Unknown
transcription	Trace Branch	Unknown
transcription	Trosper	Unknown
transcription	Tuggle	Unknown
	Doolin-Tuggle-Messer	Heidrick
transcription	Unknown	Unknown
transcription	Valentine George Martin and Ann Radford Scott Memorial Cemetery	Barbourville
	Walker, Pal	Walker
transcription	Warfield	Unknown
	Warren	Himyar
	Warren, James H	Trace Branch
	Warren, John E	Stinking Creek
	Warren, Polly	Stinking Creek
transcription	Warren, Polly	Unknown
transcription	Wells	Unknown
transcription	Wells, Abner	Unknown
	Williamson	Stinking Creek
	Williamson	Walker
	Willis	Hwy 11 aqnd Hwy 3438
	Wilson	Golden Creek
	Wilson	Unknown
	Wilson-Black	Jarvis Store
transcription	Wilton	Unknown
	Wofford	Wofford
	Woodson	Turkey Creek
	Woolum-Davis	Little Brush Creek
	Yeager-Powell	Bimble
Transcription	Young Grove Baptist	Unknown

Kentucky Cemetery Laws donated by Pati Sears-Burnett
KRS 381.690 Protection of burial grounds by cities Whenever any burial grounds lie within the corporate limits of a city the governing authorities of the city shall protect the burial�grounds from being used for dumping grounds, building sites, playgrounds, places of entertainment and amusement, public parks, athletic fields or parking grounds. HISTORY: KS 2741p-1 Penalty, 381.8990(2) KRS 381.697 Every cemetery in Kentucky except private cemeteries shall be maintained by its legal owner or owners, without respect to the�individuals owners of burial plots in the cemetery, in such a manner so as to keep the burial grounds or cemetery free of growth�of weeds, free from accumulated debris, displaced tombstones or other signs and indication of vandalism or gross neglect. HISTORY: 1972 H 157, � 2, eff. 6-16-72 Penalty, 381.990(2)(4) KRS 381.700 The governing authorities of any city within whose corporate limits any burying grounds lie may require the owner or those�having claims to the grounds to properly care for them. HISTORY: KRS 2741p-2. Penalty, KRS 381.990(2) KRS 381.710 Evidence of dedication or use of land as burying ground. The fact that any tract of land has been set apart for burial purposes and that a part or all of the grounds has been used for burial purposes shall be evidence that such grounds were set aside and used for burial purposes. The fact that graves are not visible�on any part of the grounds shall not be construed as evidence that such grounds were not set aside and used for burial�purposes. Effective: 1 October 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky Acts Ch. 208, sec 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky Stat. Sec 2741 p.-3. KRS 381.715 Burial Rights in cemetery lots; abandonment; resale by cemetery (amended 18 March 1994) (1) As used in the section, �cemetery lot3�4 is a lot containing one (1) or more grave spaces located within a cemetery registered�pursuant to KRS 367.946 in a county containing an urban-county government or in a city. (2) An officer of the cemetery may cause to be filed, on behalf of the cemetery an action in the circuit court of the county where�the cemetery is located requesting that the burial rights in the unused portion of the lots in question be deemed abandoned and�that the cemetery be authorized to sell the rights upon entry of the court1�4s judgment. The defendants in the action shall be the�unknown heirs of the original owner of the burial rights in the lots in question. (3) The petition shall include the following: (A) The name of the original owner of the burial rights in the lots in question. (B) The name of all persons buried in the lots and the date of burial, if known. (C) The name, address and telephone of the cemetery office. (D) An affidavit by the petitioner that: 1. No person has been buried in the cemetery lots in question for a period of at least one hundred (100) years. 2. The identity of any owner of the burial rights in the lot in question or any heir of the owner is unknown to any officer or employee of the cemetery and not discoverable after a good faith attempt by an officer or employee to identify the owner or heir. (4) Service of process shall be by warned order attorney, appointed by the court pursuant to CR 4.07. (5) If the court finds the allegations set forth in paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of this section to be true, the court shall enter�judgment deeming the burials rights in the lots in question abandoned and authorizing the cemetery to sell the rights. (6) No judgment shall be entered declaring burial rights abandoned if an owner or heir of a cemetery lot has filed within the�cemetery a statement in writing directing that certain grave spaces not be used. HISTORY: 1984 c 267, � 1, eff. 7-13-84 KRS 381.720 Abandoned cemetery in certain cities, proceedings to vest title in city Whenever in the opinion of the legislative body of a city of the first, second, third, fourth or fifth class a cemetery located within�the boundaries of such city has been abandoned and the land comprising the said cemetery is needed for a public purpose, an�ordinance may be enacted declaring such cemetery, as described by metes and bounds, to be abandoned and authorizing the�city attorney to institute suit for the city or other governmental agency created by the city in the circuit court of the county in�which the city is located against the property comprising the cemetery to declare the said cemetery abandoned and to vest title�thereto in the said city, or any governmental agency created by it pursuant to or authority of the Kentucky Revised Statutes. HISTORY: 1964 c 24, � 1. Eff. 3-10-64 1954 c 29, � 1 CROSS REFERENCES Abandonment or discontinuance of cemeteries. 14 Am Jur 2d, Cemeteries � 21 to 24. KRS 381.740 Assertion of claim to compensation for value of interest in cemetery or lot Within thirty days after the last advertisement, and party having a claim to the cemetery or any lot therein or to the mortal�remains of a person interred therein, may file his claim in the said proceedings for damages as compensation for the value of his�interest in the cemetery or lot to which he has claim. Upon the filing of the aforesaid claim the circuit court shall appoint as�commissioners three impartial housekeepers who are owners of land. They shall be sworn to faithfully and impartially discharge�their duties. The commissioners shall view the land involved and they may hear evidence or make any inquiry they desire touching the value thereof and award to claimant who are owners thereof the value of the property taken. They shall return a written report to the office of the clerk of the circuit court describing separately the property which is subject of each claim.�Either the claimant or the complainant may file exceptions to this report and demand a jury trial. The commissioners shall be�allowed a reasonable fee which shall be taxed as cost. HISTORY: 1964 c 24, � 3, eff. 3-10-64 1954 c 29, � 3 CROSS REFERENCES Property rights in lots or vaults; burial and incidental rights. 14 Am Jur 2d, Cemeteries � 25 et seq. KRS 381.750 Judgment; removal of bodies and monuments If no claim is made within thirty days after the last advertisement, or if claims have been made and compensation duly paid�either to the claimants or into court, the court shall declare the cemetery to be abandoned and enter judgment accordingly,�vesting fee simple title in the complainant. Thereafter claimants shall have thirty days in which to remove the mortal remains and�monuments from lots to which they have been adjudged to have claim, the reasonable cost thereof to be paid by the claimant.�If, within thirty days after entry of judgment said remains have not been removed by the claimants thereto, it shall be the duty of�such complainant, through its proper officers, to pay for the removal of the monument and the disinterment, removal, and the�reinterment of such body, or bodies, in such other cemetery in the county in which said city is located as the protesting lot�owner may designate, or if no designation be made, to another suitable cemetery in the county. HISTORY: 1964 c 24, � 4, eff. 3-10-64 1954 c 29, � 4 CROSS REFERENCES Property rights to vaults and gravestones. 14 Am Jur 2d, Cemeteries � 33 Changing place of interment. 22 Am Jur 2d, Dead bodies � 22 to 28 Removal and reinterment of remains, 21 ALR2d 472 KRS 381.755 Removal of grave or cemetery on application of land owner or county; procedure; expenses OAG 83-265. Liability for desecration of graves may exist when land that has been previously been used as a cemetery is� reused as a cemetery without first removing and reinterring the remains of those previously buried there. There is no liability for�desecration if the cemetery is abandoned so that nothing indicates there are graves in the ground, the person is without notice�that graves exist, and the public no longer recognizes the land as a cemetery. KRS 381.755 Removal of grave or cemetery on application of land owner or county; procedure; expenses (1) Upon application of the owner of property on which is located an abandoned grave or cemetery or whenever the fiscal� court or any county deems it to be in the best interest of the county to remove and relocate any such grave or cemetery the�court may issue an order or resolution authorizing such removal or relocation. (2) The order or resolution for the removal and relocation of the grave or cemetery pursuant to subsection (1) shall specify and�declare that at any time after the expiration of sixty days after the first publication of notice of such intended action pursuant to�KRS Chapter 424, the court shall direct the removal and relocation of the grave or cemetery. (3) Expenses for removal and relocation of any grave or cemetery under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the�individual requesting such removal or if the removal is made in the best interest of the county the expenses shall be paid by�county funds. (4) Any grave or cemetery removed under the provisions of this section shall be relocated in suitable place at the expense of the�person or county requesting such removal and relocation. (5) For the purposes of this section a grave or cemetery shall be considered abandoned when left untended for a period of ten�years preceding the date of the resolution for removal and relocation of the grave or cemetery. KRS 433.660 Any person who willfully mutilates the graves, monuments, fences, shrubbery, ornaments, grounds or buildings in or enclosing�any cemetery or place of sepulture; or violates the grave of any person by willfully destroying, removing or damaging the head�or foot stones, or the tomb over the enclosure protecting any grave, or by digging into or plowing over or removing any ornament, shrubbery or flower placed upon any grave or lot shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred�dollars, or imprisoned for not more then six months, or both. KRS 525.105 Desecration of venerated objects, first degree. (1) A person is guilty of desecration of venerated objects in the first degree when, other than authorized by law, he intentionally�excavates or disinters human remains for the purpose of commercial sale or exploitation of the remains themselves or of objects�buried contemporaneously with the remains. (2) Desecration of venerated objects in the first degree is a Class D felony. (Enact. Acts 1988, ch 19, � 1, effective March 30,�1988.) KRS 525.110 Desecration of venerated objects, second degree. (1) A person is guilty of desecration of venerated objects in the second degree when he intentionally: (a) Desecrates any public monument or object or place of worship; or (b) Desecrates in a public place the national or state flag or other patriotic or religious symbol which is an object of veneration�by the public or a substantial segment thereof. (2) Desecration of venerated objects in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor. (Enact. Acts 1974, ch 406, � 221; 1988, ch 119, � 2, effective March 30, 1988; 1992, ch. 420, � 3, effective July 14, 1992). KRS 525.115 Violating graves (1) A person is guilty of violating graves when he intentionally: (a) Mutilates the graves, monuments, fences, shrubbery, ornaments, grounds, or buildings in or enclosing any cemetery or place�of sepulture; or (b) Violates the grave of any person by destroying, removing, or damaging the headstone or footstone, or the tomb over the�enclosure protecting any grave; or (c) Digs into or plows over or removes any ornament, shrubbery, or flower placed upon any grave or lot. (2) The provision of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to ordinary maintenance and care of a cemetery nor the�removal and relocation of graves pursuant to procedures authorized by and in accordance with applicable statutes. (3) Violating graves is a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for each subsequent offense. (Enacts. Acts 1992, ch. 420, � 2, effective July 14, 1992.) KRS 525.120 Abuse of a corpse (1) A person is guilty of abuse of a corpse when except as authorized by law he intentionally treats a corpse in a way that�would outrage ordinary family sensibilities. (2) Abuse of a corpse is a Class A misdemeanor.

Kentucky Cemetery Laws donated by Pati Sears-Burnett

KRS 381.690 Protection of burial grounds by cities

Whenever any burial grounds lie within the corporate limits of a city the governing authorities of the city shall protect the burial�grounds from being used for dumping grounds, building sites, playgrounds, places of entertainment and amusement, public parks, athletic fields or parking grounds. HISTORY: KS 2741p-1

Penalty, 381.8990(2)

KRS 381.697

Every cemetery in Kentucky except private cemeteries shall be maintained by its legal owner or owners, without respect to the�individuals owners of burial plots in the cemetery, in such a manner so as to keep the burial grounds or cemetery free of growth�of weeds, free from accumulated debris, displaced tombstones or other signs and indication of vandalism or gross neglect.

HISTORY: 1972 H 157, � 2, eff. 6-16-72

Penalty, 381.990(2)(4)

KRS 381.700

The governing authorities of any city within whose corporate limits any burying grounds lie may require the owner or those�having claims to the grounds to properly care for them.

HISTORY: KRS 2741p-2.

Penalty, KRS 381.990(2)

KRS 381.710 Evidence of dedication or use of land as burying ground.

The fact that any tract of land has been set apart for burial purposes and that a part or all of the grounds has been used for burial purposes shall be evidence that such grounds were set aside and used for burial purposes. The fact that graves are not visible�on any part of the grounds shall not be construed as evidence that such grounds were not set aside and used for burial�purposes. Effective: 1 October 1942

History: Recodified 1942 Ky Acts Ch. 208, sec 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky Stat. Sec 2741 p.-3.

KRS 381.715 Burial Rights in cemetery lots; abandonment; resale by cemetery (amended 18 March 1994)

(1) As used in the section, �cemetery lot3�4 is a lot containing one (1) or more grave spaces located within a cemetery registered�pursuant to KRS 367.946 in a county containing an urban-county government or in a city.

(2) An officer of the cemetery may cause to be filed, on behalf of the cemetery an action in the circuit court of the county where�the cemetery is located requesting that the burial rights in the unused portion of the lots in question be deemed abandoned and�that the cemetery be authorized to sell the rights upon entry of the court1�4s judgment. The defendants in the action shall be the�unknown heirs of the original owner of the burial rights in the lots in question.

(3) The petition shall include the following:

(A) The name of the original owner of the burial rights in the lots in question.

(B) The name of all persons buried in the lots and the date of burial, if known.

(C) The name, address and telephone of the cemetery office.

(D) An affidavit by the petitioner that:
1. No person has been buried in the cemetery lots in question for a period of at least one hundred (100) years.
2. The identity of any owner of the burial rights in the lot in question or any heir of the owner is unknown to any officer or employee of the cemetery and not discoverable after a good faith attempt by an officer or employee to identify the owner or heir.
(4) Service of process shall be by warned order attorney, appointed by the court pursuant to CR 4.07.
(5) If the court finds the allegations set forth in paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of this section to be true, the court shall enter�judgment deeming the burials rights in the lots in question abandoned and authorizing the cemetery to sell the rights.
(6) No judgment shall be entered declaring burial rights abandoned if an owner or heir of a cemetery lot has filed within the�cemetery a statement in writing directing that certain grave spaces not be used.
HISTORY: 1984 c 267, � 1, eff. 7-13-84

KRS 381.720 Abandoned cemetery in certain cities, proceedings to vest title in city

Whenever in the opinion of the legislative body of a city of the first, second, third, fourth or fifth class a cemetery located within�the boundaries of such city has been abandoned and the land comprising the said cemetery is needed for a public purpose, an�ordinance may be enacted declaring such cemetery, as described by metes and bounds, to be abandoned and authorizing the�city attorney to institute suit for the city or other governmental agency created by the city in the circuit court of the county in�which the city is located against the property comprising the cemetery to declare the said cemetery abandoned and to vest title�thereto in the said city, or any governmental agency created by it pursuant to or authority of the Kentucky Revised Statutes.

HISTORY: 1964 c 24, � 1. Eff. 3-10-64

1954 c 29, � 1

CROSS REFERENCES

Abandonment or discontinuance of cemeteries. 14 Am Jur 2d, Cemeteries � 21 to 24.

KRS 381.740 Assertion of claim to compensation for value of interest in cemetery or lot
Within thirty days after the last advertisement, and party having a claim to the cemetery or any lot therein or to the mortal�remains of a person interred therein, may file his claim in the said proceedings for damages as compensation for the value of his�interest in the cemetery or lot to which he has claim. Upon the filing of the aforesaid claim the circuit court shall appoint as�commissioners three impartial housekeepers who are owners of land. They shall be sworn to faithfully and impartially discharge�their duties. The commissioners shall view the land involved and they may hear evidence or make any inquiry they desire touching the value thereof and award to claimant who are owners thereof the value of the property taken. They shall return a written report to the office of the clerk of the circuit court describing separately the property which is subject of each claim.�Either the claimant or the complainant may file exceptions to this report and demand a jury trial. The commissioners shall be�allowed a reasonable fee which shall be taxed as cost.

HISTORY: 1964 c 24, � 3, eff. 3-10-64

1954 c 29, � 3

CROSS REFERENCES

Property rights in lots or vaults; burial and incidental rights. 14 Am Jur 2d, Cemeteries � 25 et seq.
KRS 381.750 Judgment; removal of bodies and monuments
If no claim is made within thirty days after the last advertisement, or if claims have been made and compensation duly paid�either to the claimants or into court, the court shall declare the cemetery to be abandoned and enter judgment accordingly,�vesting fee simple title in the complainant. Thereafter claimants shall have thirty days in which to remove the mortal remains and�monuments from lots to which they have been adjudged to have claim, the reasonable cost thereof to be paid by the claimant.�If, within thirty days after entry of judgment said remains have not been removed by the claimants thereto, it shall be the duty of�such complainant, through its proper officers, to pay for the removal of the monument and the disinterment, removal, and the�reinterment of such body, or bodies, in such other cemetery in the county in which said city is located as the protesting lot�owner may designate, or if no designation be made, to another suitable cemetery in the county.

HISTORY: 1964 c 24, � 4, eff. 3-10-64

1954 c 29, � 4

CROSS REFERENCES

Property rights to vaults and gravestones. 14 Am Jur 2d, Cemeteries � 33

Changing place of interment. 22 Am Jur 2d, Dead bodies � 22 to 28

Removal and reinterment of remains, 21 ALR2d 472

KRS 381.755 Removal of grave or cemetery on application of land owner or county; procedure; expenses

OAG 83-265. Liability for desecration of graves may exist when land that has been previously been used as a cemetery is� reused as a cemetery without first removing and reinterring the remains of those previously buried there. There is no liability for�desecration if the cemetery is abandoned so that nothing indicates there are graves in the ground, the person is without notice�that graves exist, and the public no longer recognizes the land as a cemetery.

KRS 381.755 Removal of grave or cemetery on application of land owner or county; procedure; expenses

(1) Upon application of the owner of property on which is located an abandoned grave or cemetery or whenever the fiscal� court or any county deems it to be in the best interest of the county to remove and relocate any such grave or cemetery the�court may issue an order or resolution authorizing such removal or relocation.
(2) The order or resolution for the removal and relocation of the grave or cemetery pursuant to subsection (1) shall specify and�declare that at any time after the expiration of sixty days after the first publication of notice of such intended action pursuant to�KRS Chapter 424, the court shall direct the removal and relocation of the grave or cemetery.

(3) Expenses for removal and relocation of any grave or cemetery under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the�individual requesting such removal or if the removal is made in the best interest of the county the expenses shall be paid by�county funds.

(4) Any grave or cemetery removed under the provisions of this section shall be relocated in suitable place at the expense of the�person or county requesting such removal and relocation.

(5) For the purposes of this section a grave or cemetery shall be considered abandoned when left untended for a period of ten�years preceding the date of the resolution for removal and relocation of the grave or cemetery.

KRS 433.660

Any person who willfully mutilates the graves, monuments, fences, shrubbery, ornaments, grounds or buildings in or enclosing�any cemetery or place of sepulture; or violates the grave of any person by willfully destroying, removing or damaging the head�or foot stones, or the tomb over the enclosure protecting any grave, or by digging into or plowing over or removing any ornament, shrubbery or flower placed upon any grave or lot shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred�dollars, or imprisoned for not more then six months, or both.

KRS 525.105 Desecration of venerated objects, first degree.

(1) A person is guilty of desecration of venerated objects in the first degree when, other than authorized by law, he intentionally�excavates or disinters human remains for the purpose of commercial sale or exploitation of the remains themselves or of objects�buried contemporaneously with the remains.

(2) Desecration of venerated objects in the first degree is a Class D felony. (Enact. Acts 1988, ch 19, � 1, effective March 30,�1988.)

KRS 525.110 Desecration of venerated objects, second degree.

(1) A person is guilty of desecration of venerated objects in the second degree when he intentionally:
(a) Desecrates any public monument or object or place of worship; or
(b) Desecrates in a public place the national or state flag or other patriotic or religious symbol which is an object of veneration�by the public or a substantial segment thereof.
(2) Desecration of venerated objects in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

(Enact. Acts 1974, ch 406, � 221; 1988, ch 119, � 2, effective March 30, 1988; 1992, ch. 420, � 3, effective July 14, 1992).

KRS 525.115 Violating graves
(1) A person is guilty of violating graves when he intentionally:
(a) Mutilates the graves, monuments, fences, shrubbery, ornaments, grounds, or buildings in or enclosing any cemetery or place�of sepulture; or
(b) Violates the grave of any person by destroying, removing, or damaging the headstone or footstone, or the tomb over the�enclosure protecting any grave; or
(c) Digs into or plows over or removes any ornament, shrubbery, or flower placed upon any grave or lot.
(2) The provision of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to ordinary maintenance and care of a cemetery nor the�removal and relocation of graves pursuant to procedures authorized by and in accordance with applicable statutes.

(3) Violating graves is a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for each subsequent offense.

(Enacts. Acts 1992, ch. 420, � 2, effective July 14, 1992.)

KRS 525.120 Abuse of a corpse
(1) A person is guilty of abuse of a corpse when except as authorized by law he intentionally treats a corpse in a way that�would outrage ordinary family sensibilities.

(2) Abuse of a corpse is a Class A misdemeanor.

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