214.190. Cemetery not subject to execution, dower or partition--exception. - Missouri Statutes

Cemetery not subject to execution, dower or partition--exception.

214.190. Lands or property, set apart as burial grounds,either for public or private use, and so recorded in therecorder's office of the county where such lands are situated, orany burial ground that may have been used as such for ten yearsshall not be subject to sale on execution, to dower, nor tocompulsory partition; provided, that the lands so appropriatedand set apart as a private burial ground shall not exceed oneacre in area or one hundred dollars in value; and providedfurther, that nothing contained in this section shall be soconstrued as to exempt any such burial ground or cemeteryproperty from being liable for special assessments for streetimprovements, when such assessment is levied by an incorporatedcity in this state.

(RSMo 1939 § 15266)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 14057; 1919 § 1086; 1909 § 1308