Laws and Resolutions regarding cemeteries on private property
 

Law

§ 711.041. Access to Cemetery
(a) Any person who wishes to visit a cemetery or private burial grounds
for which no public ingress or egress is available shall have the right
to reasonable ingress and egress for the purpose of visiting the
cemetery or private burial grounds. This right of access extends only to
visitation during reasonable hours and only for purposes usually
associated with cemetery visits.

(b) The owner or owners of the lands surrounding the cemetery or private
burial grounds may designate the routes of reasonable ingress and
egress.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, § 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
 

RESOLUTION
 

CEMETERY VISITATION DAYS (for cemeteries on private property)
        75th Texas Legislature, Senate Resolution 591 -- House Resolution 1097
        1st Sunday in April / 1st Sunday in October

Property Owners Guidelines:
        Visitation Day extends from 9am until 6pm. Please unlock your property for visiting descendants by 9am. If you can"t be
present by 9am, please post instructions on how to access the property at the public street entrance for visiting
families. For visibility, post signage at the public street access to yourproperty. With this signage please post your name or the
name of your representative, and how to contact you. Also,you can state any special considerations or conditions for your
visitors to observe.  By law, descendants have the right to ornamate and decorate grave sites as they see fit. This may include
(but is not limited to) flowers, clean-up of the site, erecting tombstones, or even a fence to prevent livestock from entering
the grave site. We hope that you might consider allowing extended visitation privileges for major improvements to the site.
You can lock up your property at 6pm, after the guests have left. STC appreciates your  allowance of access to your
property. We encourage visitors to respect this privilege.

Visitors Guidelines:
        Access by family members is limited to the hours of 9am until 6pm on Visitation Day. You may make additional
arrangements with the property owner only if the parties are amenable.  Access is limited to the burial site and the route to it.
Please respect the privacy of the owners and their land.  Please leave by 6pm, and leave the cemetery as neat as when you
arrived. Leave no improvements or ornamentation that contradict the property owner's stated wishes.
 
 

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