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AB 350

Revises provisions relating to cemeteries. (BDR 40-874)

2025 Regular Session

AB 350 requires court authorization for large disinterments, mandates cemetery upkeep records, broadens veterans’ interment eligibility, and clarifies fees.

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 248.
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Bill Summary · AB 350

AB 350 — Summary (BDR 40-874)

Chapter 248 — Approved by Governor (June 3, 2025)

Main purpose

AB 350 revises Nevada law governing cemeteries by (1) placing judicial oversight on large-scale disinterments/removals, (2) prescribing specific maintenance and recordkeeping duties for cemetery owners, and (3) expanding eligibility and fee rules for interment in State veterans’ cemeteries.

Key provisions

  • Court authorization for mass disinterment/removal
    • A cemetery authority may not disinter or remove human remains from all or part of a cemetery it owns/operates without a district court order authorizing the action.
    • The court must hold a hearing with notice to plot owners and may order disinterment only upon clear and convincing evidence (e.g., maintenance not in accordance with public health/safety/welfare, inability to restore, or financial necessity for future care).
    • Upon court order, removal proceeds under existing statutory procedures.
  • Recordkeeping and transparency
    • Cemetery authorities must maintain written records for each disinterred person (name, plot description, reinterment location if known) and provide copies to local health officers, coroners, or the Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Services Board on request.
  • Owner maintenance obligations
    • Owners must keep cemeteries in an “orderly condition,” including (but not limited to) regular mowing, weed treatment, pruning/replacement of landscaping, maintenance of safe pathways/entryways, litter removal, and ensuring monuments/graves are properly placed.
    • The statute as enrolled includes exclusions for historic sites and certain county-operated historic cemeteries.
  • Veterans’ cemetery eligibility and fees
    • Expands eligibility to include certain members of National Guard/reserve components and veterans who received a commemorative plaque/urn from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
    • Directs the Department of Veterans Services Director to charge fees for interment and for markers; fees generally limited to actual costs.
  • Exceptions
    • Provisions do not apply to disinterments from plots owned in fee simple by a private party, or when performed under direction/permit of a coroner, public health officer, or a person authorized under NRS 451.024.
    • Historic-designated areas and some county historic cemeteries are exempt from certain requirements.

Who is affected

  • Cemetery owners and cemetery authorities (operational and compliance duties)
  • Families and plot owners (notice and protections)
  • County courts, county coroners, local health officers, Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Services Board (oversight/records)
  • Department of Veterans Services and eligible veterans/families (expanded eligibility and fee rules)

Enforcement / fiscal notes

  • Court-ordered process adds judicial oversight and procedural protections for affected plot owners and the public.
  • Fiscal notes in reprints indicate “Effect on Local Government: No. Effect on the State: No.” (as reported in bill materials).

Procedural timeline (select highlights)

  • Introduced in 2025 (BDR 40-874). Multiple committee hearings and amendments (April–May 2025; Reprints R1 and R2).
  • Senate Amendment No. 679 added a two‑thirds-vote requirement for final passage of a section (May 19, 2025).
  • Enrolled and delivered to Governor (May 29, 2025).
  • Approved by Governor — Chapter 248 (June 3, 2025).

If you want, I can extract the final enrolled language for any particular section (disinterment procedure, maintenance standards, or veterans’ eligibility) and present it side‑by‑side with the prior statute text.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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