# Wis. Stat. § 157.065: Section 157.065 > Wisconsin · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.065 ## Section - **Citation:** Wis. Stat. § 157.065 - **Heading:** Section 157.065 - **Jurisdiction:** Wisconsin - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** WI Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157.065 ## Text 2. Outside a recorded plat or recorded addition to a plat of any city or village if the cemetery is within 3,300 feet of an inhabited dwelling that is located within a recorded plat or addition, unless the city or village consents; 3. Within 250 feet of any habitable dwelling, publicly owned building or school, unless the cemetery is establishing an extension on property it has owned continually since June 18, 1929; or 4. Within 3,300 feet of any of the following state facilities, without the consent of the state: a. Any institution for the deaf or the blind; b. Any mental health institute, as defined in s. 51.01 ; c. A Type 1 juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (19) ; d. Any center for the developmentally disabled; or e. Any state reformatory. (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to enlargements under sub. (3m) or s. 157.064 (2) or (3) . (3) (a) Any incorporated college of a religious order in a 4th class city may establish a private cemetery within the city on land the college owns to bury members of the religious order, if the common council consents and if each person owning a private building within 825 feet of the proposed cemetery consents. (b) Any private military academy that provides an educational program for grades 7 to 12 in a 4th class city may establish a private cemetery within the city on land that the military academy owns, if the common council consents. No mausoleum within a cemetery established under this paragraph may exceed 3,500 square feet in area. (3m) Any of the following cemeteries may enlarge only in the following manner: (a) Any cemetery in a village may enlarge with the consent of the village board and of the owners of each building within 250 feet of the addition. (b) Any cemetery in a 3rd or 4th class city may enlarge with the consent of the common council. (c) Notwithstanding pars. (a) and (d) , any cemetery established before April 30, 1887, in a village and located within 100 feet of the village limits may extend to the village limits with the consent of the village board. (d) Notwithstanding pars. (a) to (c) , any cemetery established before April 30, 1887, may expand as provided in s. 157.064 . (5) Any violation of this section is a public nuisance. History: 1975 c. 39 , 106 ; 1975 c. 189 s. 99 (2) ; 1975 c. 200 , 422 , 430 ; 1977 c. 83 ; 1977 c. 449 s. 497 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1985 a. 316 ss. 18 , 25 ; Stats. 1985 s. 157.065; 1987 a. 190 ; 1989 a. 43 , 307 ; 1993 a. 98 , 112 ; 1995 a. 77 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 103 , 107 ; 2005 a. 344 . ## Nearby sections - [Wis. Stat. § 157.01 Rules for preparation, transportation and disposition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.01.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.02 Disposal of unclaimed corpses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.02.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.03 Restrictions on use of bodies for anatomical purposes; embalming such bodies; delivery of bodies to relatives.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.03.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.04 Penalty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.04.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.05 Autopsy.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.05.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.06 Anatomical gifts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.06.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.07 Platting.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.07.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.08 Conveyances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.08.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.10 Alienation, disposition, and use of cemetery lots and mausoleum spaces.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.10.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.11 Improvement and care of cemetery lots and grounds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.11.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.12 Mausoleums.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.12.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.19 Deposit and investment of care funds and preneed trust funds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.19.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.50 Municipal cemeteries.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.50.md) - [Wis. Stat. § 157.055 Disposal of human remains during state of emergency relating to public health.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.055.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C157_S157.065. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.