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Bill would let cemetery boards declare plots abandoned after 75 years if heirs cannot be found
Senate Local Government Committee
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Summary
House Bill 523 would allow cemetery administrators who cannot locate heirs after 75 years and required due‑diligence notice to determine a plot abandoned and make it available, subject to affidavit and notice requirements the bill spells out.
Representative Bill Mercer presented House Bill 523, which targets rural Montana situations in which historic cemetery plots (often purchased in the late 1800s or early 1900s) remain unavailable for reuse because heirs cannot be located. HB 523 would allow…
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