Sorry, forgot the 'tax exempt' part. I dont' think the county could take the land then. On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, mills wrote: > I understand that the law we are discussing about disturbing the ground > within 100 feet of a cemetery came into effect July 1, 2000. Prior to that > time, was there any prohibition that prevented a person from building > within, say, 20 feet of a cemetery? > > I'm interested in knowing if a county could legally sell a cemetery on > which no taxes had been paid since the former owners had bequeathed the > land to a cemetery association. The cemetery association had become > inactive, in that no meetings have been held in many years; however funds > have been paid continually from the cemetery association account for > mowing. Can a county government sell for non-payment of taxes, non-taxed > land? > > Sharon Mills > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > THIS IS A CEMETERY ----- > "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families > are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is > undisguised. This is a cemetery. > "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, > historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. > "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved > in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - > not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family > memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. > "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of > yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery > exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always." > --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West Union, IA > >