§ 15-132. Sale, transfer or assignment of cemetery lot not effective until properly registered with City; resubdivision prohibited.

(a)

No cemetery lot sale, transfer, assignment or conveyance in any manner by the owner/certificate holder or his or her heirs shall be effective, valid, complete, recognized or acknowledged by the City unless and until such transaction is duly recorded in the City records kept for such purpose. The City shall record such transfer upon written directives received from the owner or certificate holder of record or from the legal representative or heir of such owner or certificate holder. Such written directives may be made by completion of a standard form prepared by the City for such purpose and the City may require proof of the identity of the transferor to ensure the validity of the transfer. At the time of transfer, the record deed or certificate shall be surrendered to the City, or; the transferor shall execute an affidavit acknowledging that he or she has lost, misplaced or destroyed the original document and that same is void, invalid, and of no effect due to the transfer of the cemetery lot. A new certificate of interment shall be issued to the transferee of the lot who shall then become the certificate holder of record.

(b)

The City will not recognize, honor, or acknowledge purported rights of any person or party other than the record owner or certificate holder of the cemetery lot. The City shall not be obligated, liable, or subject to any duty whatsoever pursuant to this article or to any other matters relating to municipal cemetery lots to persons other than the record owner or certificate holder.

(c)

The resubdivision of any cemetery lots in any manner is prohibited.

(Code 1959, § 9-7; Ord. No. 96-55, § 2, 9-9-96)