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Committee begins review of county rules for burials on private land; funeral directors, staff outline options
Summary
County officials discussed whether to require recording of on‑farm burials and how to document green burials on private property. Funeral directors and county staff said state law does not ban on‑site burials and recommended a local registration or recorded legal description to protect future land buyers.
A funeral director identified as Heather told the Iroquois County Tax Planning and Zoning Committee on March 4 that local families have asked whether burials can occur on private farmland and that she found "no state law that says it can't be done." She urged the county to adopt a recording process so future buyers are not surprised by unrecorded graves.
Brianne, the county assessor, and other officials discussed practical options for making on‑site burials discoverable in title searches. Brianne said her office does not prepare the legal description required to precisely locate a grave and…
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