Section 65-85 - DefinitionsAs used in this Article, the following terms mean:
(1) Abandoned. - Ceased from maintenance or use by the person with legal right to the real property with the intent of not again maintaining the real property in the foreseeable future.(2) Cemetery. - A tract of land used for burial of multiple graves.(3) Department. - The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.(4) Grave. - A place of burial for a single decedent.(5) Neglected. - Left unattended or uncared for through carelessness or intention and lacking a caretaker.(6) Public cemetery. - A cemetery for which there is no qualification to purchase, own, or come into possession of a grave in that cemetery.Amended by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 241,s. 14.30-s, eff. 7/1/2015.Added by 2007 N.C. Sess. Laws 118,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2007.