RCW 68.04.040

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"Cemetery" means:

(1)Any one, or a combination of more than one, of the following, in a place used, or intended to be used for the placement of human remains and dedicated, for cemetery purposes:

(a)A burial park, for earth interments.

(b)A mausoleum, for crypt interments.

(c)A columbarium, for permanent niche interments; or

(2)For the purposes of chapter 68.60 RCW only, "cemetery" means any burial site, burial grounds, or place where five or more human remains are buried. Unless a cemetery is designated as a parcel of land identifiable and unique as a cemetery within the records of the county assessor, a cemetery's boundaries shall be a minimum of ten feet in any direction from any burials therein.

[ 2005 c 365 s 29 ; 1990 c 92 s 7 ; 1979 c 21 s 1 ; 1943 c 247 s 4 ; Rem. Supp. s 3778-4.]