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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=62&CSsr=1& Jefferson County, Alabama] cemeteries at Findagrave.com | * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=62&CSsr=1& Jefferson County, Alabama] cemeteries at Findagrave.com | ||
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Revision as of 15:18, 26 April 2020
This is a List of Birmingham cemeteries. For Jefferson County cemeteries outside of Birmingham's city limits, see List of Jefferson County cemeteries.
Oversight
A 2002 state law requires the owners of actively-used cemeteries and burial plots to register with the Alabama Department of Insurance and to establish an endowment care fund with a percentage of revenues generated from the sale of plots and mausoleum and columbarium spaces.
In 2017 state legislators Juandalynn Givan, Mary Moore and Louise Alexander sponsored a bill to create a Jefferson County Cemetery Board, a volunteer group that would hear complaints of negligent management and neglect and be empowered to impose fines or declare properties a public nuisance. The bill was signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey. The first members were appointed to the board in February 2018.
References
- Edgemon, Erin (December 22, 2016) "The way Jefferson County cemeteries are regulated could change in 2017." The Birmingham News
- Edgemon, Erin (Jun 1, 2017) "Gov. Ivey signs bill creating Jefferson County Cemetery Board: What happens next?." The Birmingham News
- Edgemon, Erin (February 15, 2018) "Residents appointed to Jefferson County cemetery complaint board." The Birmingham News
External links
- Jefferson County cemetery list at alabamamaps.ua.edu
- Jefferson County, Alabama cemeteries at Findagrave.com