Eli5 what happens if a cemetery runs out of space to bury bodies?
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In my area, they just open up another cemetery somewhere else. A plot at one is purchased and the deed recorded like any other piece of land (but with different rules) so once you’re there you’re there. Cemeteries have protections so that even if they’re abandoned and nobody cares for them, they can’t be built over. We had an interstate rerouted because of one and nobody had been buried there since about 1900.
I’m in the Midwest and land is plentiful, so I’m sure the rules are different. I also didn’t talk about mausoleum interment, which is space leased for a certain number of years, from what I’ve seen.
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