Code of Virginia - Title 57 Religious And Charitable Matters; Cemeteries - Chapter 3 Cemeteries

• 57-22 Conveyance of land to trustees or local governing body for cemetery use
  A. Land may be conveyed to trustees, not less than five nor more than nine in number, for the use of any city, town, county, ...
• 57-23 Appointment, change or removal of trustees
  On the application of the governing body of a city or town, the attorney for the Commonwealth of a county, ten citizens of a magisterial ...
• 57-24 Powers and duties of trustees
  Such trustees and their successors shall have power to make such rules and regulations for the burial of the dead, the laying off, assignment and ...
• 57-24.1 Trustee for purpose of suit
  In the case of any private or family graveyard, where no trustees have been designated, and it appears that the interest of justice may be ...
• 57-25 Condemnation of land for cemeteries
  If it is desired at any time to establish a cemetery for the use of a city, town, county or magisterial district, or to enlarge ...
• 57-26 Restrictions as to location of cemeteries and as to quantity of land
  (1) Restrictions as to location. - No cemetery shall be hereafter established within a county or the corporate limits of any city or town, unless ...
• 57-27 City of Richmond may prohibit burials in certain cemeteries
  The governing body of the City of Richmond may, by ordinance, prohibit the burial of dead bodies in the cemeteries known as Ham's, Cedarwood, Methodist, ...
• 57-27.1 Access to cemeteries located on private property; cause of action for injunctive relief; applicabil...
  A. Owners of private property on which a cemetery or graves are located shall have a duty to allow ingress and egress to the cemetery ...
• 57-27.2 Correction of interment errors
  A. In any instance where the operator of a cemetery is informed or becomes aware that it has interred or permitted the interment of a ...
• 57-27.3 Authorization for interment
  A cemetery may accept the notarized signature of one next of kin of a decedent for the purpose of authorizing the interment or entombment, and ...
• 57-28 Cities and counties may establish
  Any city and county, or any number of cities and counties, may jointly purchase or otherwise acquire land for the purpose of improving and establishing ...
• 57-29 Trustees
  After acquiring and planning such cemetery or cemeteries, the circuit court of the county wherein the cemetery is located shall appoint not less than five ...
• 57-30 Funds from sale of lots and for perpetual upkeep
  The trustees shall, upon delivery of a deed for any lot or portion thereof, except a pauper lot, collect the purchase price and pay it ...
• 57-31 May be in perpetuity
  No disposition of property heretofore or hereafter made for the maintenance or care of any cemetery, burial ground, burial lot in a cemetery, or monument, ...
• 57-32 Who may hold such property
  Any cemetery company chartered under the laws of the Commonwealth, or a church, or any trustees holding title to a cemetery, or burial ground, may ...
• 57-33 Description unavailable
  Repealed by Acts 1995, c. 255. ...
• 57-34 Amount to defray original cost not limited
  Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as limiting the amount which may be given, bequeathed or devised to defray the original cost of ...
• 57-35 Trusteeship for administering funds for perpetual care
  The board of directors of any incorporated cemetery company may by bylaw establish a trusteeship for holding and administering all funds paid to such cemetery ...
• 57-35.1 through 57-35.10
  Repealed by Acts 1989, c. 631. ...
• 57-35.11 through 57-35.35
  Repealed by Acts 1998, cc. 708 and 721, effective July 1, 2000. ...
• 57-35.36 Cemeteries owned by localities; good faith effort required prior to interment
  Notwithstanding the exemptions provided for in § 54.1-2312, a cemetery operated by a county or city shall keep accurate records of the ownership of cemetery ...
• 57-36 Abandoned graveyards may be condemned; removal of bodies
  When a graveyard, wholly or partly within any county, city or town, has been abandoned, or is unused and neglected by the owners, and such ...
• 57-37 Costs of suits, removal and reinterment; how surplus above costs disposed of
  In the event that the proceeds from the condemnation are insufficient to defray the costs of the suit and removal, and reinterment of the remains, ...
• 57-38 Exemption from {{ 57-36 and 57-37
  Sections 57-36 and 57-37 shall not apply to any graveyard or cemetery owned by a church, or controlled by trustees, in which sections are sold. ...
• 57-38.1 Proceedings by landowner for removal of remains from abandoned family graveyard
  The owner of any land on which is located an abandoned family graveyard, and there has been no reservation of rights in such graveyard, or ...
• 57-38.2 Proceedings by heir at law or descendant for removal of ancestor's remains from abandoned family gr...
  Any heir at law or descendant of a deceased person interred in an abandoned family graveyard in which no body has been interred for twenty-five ...
• 57-39 Proceedings for removal of remains and sale of land vacated
  When the owners of a graveyard, or the trustees of a graveyard left in trust, by reason of the infancy or the disability of any ...
• 57-39.1 Improvement of abandoned and neglected graveyards
  When the owners of any private graveyard, not connected with any church or church property, abandon the graveyard and allow it to fall into a ...
• 57-39.1:1 Recovery of abandoned interment rights; procedure; rights of owner of record
  A. When interment rights that have been granted by the owner of a cemetery are not used for a period of fifty years or more, ...
• 57-39.2 through 57-39.7
  Not set out. (1962, c. 264. —Amendments - § 57-39.2: 1964, c. 111; 1985, c. 414; 1986, c. 118. § 57-39.3: 1964, c. 111; 1986, ...
• 57-39.8 through 57-39.18
  Repealed by Acts 1989, c. 631. ...
• 57-39.19 Application of Title 32.1, Chapter 8, Article 4
  The provisions of Article 4 (§ 32.1-305 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 32.1 shall apply to the cremation of any dead human body. ...
• 57-39.20 Definitions
  As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Burial right" means the right of interment. "Interment" means the disposition of pet ...
• 57-39.21 Duty to file declaration of land use restriction
  The owner of any land used or to be used as a pet cemetery shall file in the office of the clerk of the circuit ...
• 57-39.22 Certain representations unlawful; perpetual care trust fund required
  A. Effective July 1, 1996, it shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale in the Commonwealth any burial right in a pet cemetery, ...
• 57-39.23 Change of address required from owner of burial right
  It shall be the duty of a purchaser of a burial right in a pet cemetery to notify the operator of a change in address. ...
• 57-39.24 Removal of restriction on land
  A. After a declaration has been filed pursuant to § 57-39.21, the restriction may be removed in accordance with this section by order of the ...
• 57-39.25 Violation a misdemeanor
  It shall be unlawful for any person to violate the provisions of § 57-39.22 of this article. Any such violation shall be deemed a Class ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009