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Procedure for abolition of private graveyard
Last Updated March 28, 2024
Overview
Reinterment permission and graveyard abolition permission are necessary to abolish private graveyard.
The person who applies
Person who is going to abolish private graveyard
※If the applicant is different from the graveyard user, it is necessary to attach a document showing the relationship with the graveyard user.
Main Procedures and Flows
This is an example of abolishing the graveyard after reintermenting all ashes from the graveyard to be abolished to a new graveyard.
※If you have already been reburied and do not have a copy of your reinterment permit, you may need to dig a graveyard. For more information, please contact Medical Care Bureau Health Sanitation Division.
１. Reinterment permission application
We perform reinterment permission application in ward office Family Registry Division of ward where graveyard is located. For more information, please refer to the page of procedures for reinterment.
※Please keep a copy of the reinterment permit as graveyards will be required for abolition permission applications.
Procedures for Reinterment (movement of ashes)
２. Reinterment
Take out the remains from the current cemetery, submit a reinterment permit to the manager of the graveyard at the reinterment location, and bury and store the remains.
３. Removal of tombstones, leveling, etc.
Please make the land vacant once by removing or leveling the gravestones of the graveyard to be abolished.
※When excavating a cemetery, please record that the remains have not been buried or buried.
４. Prior consultation on abolition permission application
After reinterment and before applying for the abolition permit, please consult with Medical Care Bureau Health Sanitation Division for details of procedures for abolition.
Medical Care Bureau Health Sanitation Division (Environmental Instructor)
Phone: 045-671-2457, Fax: 045-641-6074
Email address: ir-bochi@city.yokohama.lg.jp
５. Cemetery and other abolition permission application
| Documentation | Contents, etc. |
|---|---|
| Cemeteries, etc. Abolition permission application | Style download graveyards, please use abolition permission application (word: 18KB). |
| Floor plan | Shows the location of roads, schools, parks, and houses in the area where the horizontal distance from the boundary of the cemetery site is within 200 meters, and the horizontal distance from these facilities (excluding roads) to the boundary of the graveyard site What you did |
| Certificate of entry of application site | Registration certificate prescribed in Article 119, Paragraph 1 of the Real Estate Registration Act (Act No. 123 of 2004) pertaining to the graveyard site |
| A copy of the official map of the application site | Map prescribed in Article 14, Paragraph 1 of the Real Estate Registration Act (Act No. 123 of 2004) pertaining to the graveyard site |
| Documents describing the reason for application | Please indicate the reason for the application and the name of the applicant. There is no specimens. |
| Copy of reinterment permit | A copy of the reinterment permit or a document indicating that reinterment has been completed |
| Other documents that the mayor deems necessary | A copy of the permit if required by other laws and regulations is required, a copy of the permit |
Application method
Please submit abolition permission application such as graveyards and attached documents to ward office Health Sanitation Division window of ward where graveyard to abolish is located.
Cost (fees) of a graveyard, etc. (fee)
Free of charge
６. Permission to abolish graveyards
After the abolition permission decision, graveyards will issue abolition permission notices at the same ward office Health Sanitation Division window as at the time of application.
Attention
What I explained here is a general procedure.
In addition, please consult with Medical Care Bureau Health Sanitation Division in advance as procedures and documents to be submitted may differ depending on the circumstances of the application site.
Environmental Guidance Section, Health Sanitation Division Medical Care Bureau
Phone: 045-671-2457, Fax: 045-641-6074
Email address: ir-bochi@city.yokohama.lg.jp
For inquiries to this page
Medical Care Bureau Health and Safety Department Health Sanitation Division
Phone: 045-671-2456
Phone: 045-671-2456
Fax: 045-641-6074
Email address: ir-seikatsueisei@city.yokohama.jp
Page ID: 514-919-035
