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Council weighs options after resident asks to purchase long-unused cemetery lots; legal title process may be required
Summary
A resident asked to acquire family plots that are unused; council members and staff said Utah law allows reversion after long periods of nonuse but quiet-title action or other legal steps may be needed.
WALSBURG, Utah — Councilmember Mary Piscatelli briefed the Walsburg Town Council on Feb. 27 about requests from a resident to acquire family cemetery plots that appear unused and the legal steps likely required to clear title.
Piscatelli said resident Vicky Gattmeyer told the town she had family plots in the town cemetery dating to the late 1800s and that one plot in question is approaching a 60-year period of inactivity. “There is actually a Utah code that after 60 years of unused … the plot reverts back to the town,” Piscatelli said.
Legal complexity: Piscatelli told the council that local towns she…
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