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Any advice on selling a cemetery plot?

Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:33 pm
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86470 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:33 pm
Went to visit my mom yesterday and she said she owns 2 plots in a cemetery near Atlanta that she wants to get rid of by any measure, just tired of having them I guess. She said she called the local funeral home and they don't do that, then she called the cemetery and they said they don't do buybacks but she could donate them if she wanted. So now she's given this over to me.

I did about 2 minutes of googling yesterday (will start actively trying to look into this in the coming weeks I guess) and I realize I need to look up state laws on selling them, but other than that does anyone have any experience with this? I don't really want to list on one of those "pay a fee and list your plot online" site, and I'm not sure if posting on craigslist and the like would be good.

I believe I have the deed to the plots, but they are in my mom's parent name. Am I going to have to track down a will or something to show that she owns them now?
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:18 pm to
Scares me to death
Posted by TigerDeBaiter
Member since Dec 2010
10265 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:26 pm to
Does she “own” them outright, or pay some kind maintenance fee, or whatever. If there’s no cost, just keep them?

Funeral Home owners just seem like some scummy people.
Posted by 756
Member since Sep 2004
14865 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 7:57 pm to
Best bet may be to find a nearby church and donate them, take the tax write off
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86470 posts
Posted on 7/23/19 at 7:33 am to
quote:

Does she “own” them outright, or pay some kind maintenance fee, or whatever.


they are fully owned and the paperwork says that maintenance and upkeep is included.

quote:

If there’s no cost, just keep them?


there is no need for them. My grandparents bought them years ago in case they wanted to use them but they are both buried elsewhere, and my mom and her sister will both be buried elsewhere as well. They are of absolute no use at this point.

Posted by Yeti_Chaser
Member since Nov 2017
7470 posts
Posted on 7/23/19 at 7:53 pm to
How profitable is a cemetery? Seems like it would be pretty cheap to run
Posted by Mr.Perfect
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2013
17438 posts
Posted on 7/23/19 at 8:30 pm to
Can you put up two for sale signs?
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41187 posts
Posted on 7/23/19 at 9:14 pm to
figure out who is buried on either side of your plots and contact them
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