A. Notice to County Resident. If the lot owner or grave space owner shall be a resident of Butler County, the city clerk shall cause to be served upon such owner in the manner prescribed by law for service of summons in a civil case a notice that proceedings have been initiated to revest the title of such lot in the city, stating the lot or grave description, name of owner or owners, and notifying the owner that such owner may within thirty (30) days from the date the notice is served upon them file with the city clerk a statement in writing explaining how rights in a cemetery lot were acquired and such persons desire to claim such rights in such lot or grave space. In the event such a statement is so filed and it is ascertained to be correct by the governing body and that such statement contains a claim asserting the rights of the lot owner or grave space owner, all proceedings to revest title to such lot or grave space in the city shall be null and void and such proceedings shall be summarily terminated by the governing body as to the lots or grave space identified in the statement so filed.

B. Notice to Nonresident or Absentee. Whenever the sheriff, Butler County, Kansas, is unable to find a lot owner or grave space owner in Butler County or ascertains that such an owner is a nonresident of the county, then the governing body may cause such notice to be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper and shall cause a copy of such notice to be served on the lot owner by certified mail addressed to the lot owner's last known address, if any. The notice shall be in the form and contain the information as set forth in subsection (A) of this section except that the period in which the lot owner or grave space owner may file a written statement shall be thirty (30) days following the last publication of the notice. In the event the statement by the lot owner or grave space owner as filed with the city clerk is ascertained to be correct by the governing body, and the statement contains a claim asserting the rights of the lot owner or grave space owner in the lot or grave space, all proceedings by the governing body to revest title to the lot or grave space in the city shall be null and void and such proceedings shall be summarily terminated by the governing body as to such lots or grave spaces identified in the statement.

C. Records. All notices with proofs of service, mailing and publication thereof, and all resolutions adopted by the governing body relative to the revestment proceedings shall be made a part of the permanent records of the city. (Prior code § 19-303)