§ 8551

Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.

The cemetery authority shall file the map or plat in the office of the recorder of the county in which all or a portion of the property is situated. The cemetery authority shall also file for record in the county recorder’s office a written declaration of dedication of the property delineated on the plat or map, dedicating the property exclusively to cemetery purposes.

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