§ 8626 Joint Tenant Cemetery Rights

• •If two or more people own a burial plot together, and one of them dies, the living owners automatically get full ownership of the plot.
• •The dead person’s right to be buried there is still protected, even after their death.
• •This rule has been in place since 1939.

Two siblings, Alex and Jamie, own a family burial plot together. Alex passes away.

Jamie now fully owns the burial plot, but Alex’s right to be buried there is still respected.