PocketLaw | Wisconsin Statutes Annotations | Disposition of human

Disposition of human remains.

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Rules for preparation, transportation and disposition.

Disposal of unclaimed corpses.

Restrictions on use of bodies for anatomical purposes; embalming such bodies; delivery of bodies to relatives.

Penalty.

Autopsy.

Anatomical gifts.

Platting.

Conveyances.

Section
157.055

Disposal of human remains during state of emergency relating to public health.

Section
157.061

Definitions.

Section
157.062

Cemetery associations; creation; powers and duties.

Section
157.064

Cemetery associations and religious associations; holding property; change of ownership.

Section
157.065

Location and ownership of cemeteries.

Section
157.067

Connection with funeral establishment prohibited.

Alienation, disposition, and use of cemetery lots and mausoleum spaces.

Improvement and care of cemetery lots and grounds.

Mausoleums.

Deposit and investment of care funds and preneed trust funds.

Municipal cemeteries.

Public easement in cemetery.

Reporting; record keeping; audits.

Reporting and auditing exemptions; certification of compliance of cemetery organized and operated by, or affiliated with, a religious association.

Penalties.

Enforcement.

Burial sites preservation.

Section
157.111

Opening and closing of burial places.

Section
157.112

Reburial of human remains by a cemetery authority.

Section
157.113

Permission to place cremated human remains in a cemetery.

Section
157.114

Duty to provide for burials.

Section
157.115

Abandonment of cemeteries and cemetery lots.

Section
157.123

Columbaria maintained by religious associations.

Section
157.125

Trustees for the care of cemeteries or cemetery lots.

Section
157.128

Minimum acreage requirement for cemetery established on or after November 1, 1991.

Section
157.129

Minimum acreage of cemeteries; local ordinance.

Section
157.625

Reporting exemption for certain cemeteries.

Section
157.635

Regulations of cemetery organized and operated by, or affiliated with, a religious association.

Section
157.637

Veteran burials.