Cemeteries

  1. Law
  2. Code of Virginia
  3. Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries
  4. Cemeteries

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Section
57-22

Conveyance of land to trustees or local governing body for cemetery use

Section
57-23

Appointment, change or removal of trustees

Section
57-24

Powers and duties of trustees

Section
57-24.1

Trustee for purpose of suit

Section
57-25

Condemnation of land for cemeteries

Section
57-26

Restrictions as to location of cemeteries and as to quantity of land

Section
57-27

City of Richmond may prohibit burials in certain cemeteries

Section
57-27.1

Access to cemeteries located on private property; cause of action for injunctive relief; applicability

Section
57-27.2

Correction of interment errors

Section
57-27.3

Authorization for interment

Section
57-28

Cities and counties may establish

Section
57-29

Trustees

Section
57-30

Funds from sale of lots and for perpetual upkeep

Section
57-31

May be in perpetuity

Section
57-32

Who may hold such property

Section
57-33

Repealed

Section
57-34

Amount to defray original cost not limited

Section
57-35

Trusteeship for administering funds for perpetual care

Section
57-35.1

Repealed

Section
57-35.11

Repealed

Section
57-35.35

1. Definitions

Section
57-35.36

Cemeteries owned by localities; good faith effort required prior to interment

Section
57-36

Abandoned or previously unidentified graveyards may be condemned; removal of bodies

Section
57-37

Costs of suits, removal and reinterment; how surplus above costs disposed of

Section
57-38

Exemption from §§ 57-36 and 57-37

Section
57-38.1

Proceedings by landowner for removal of remains from previously unidentified or abandoned family graveyard

Section
57-38.2

Proceedings by heir at law or descendant for removal of ancestor's remains from previously unidentified or abandoned family graveyard

Section
57-39

Proceedings for removal of remains and sale of land vacated

Section
57-39.1

Improvement of abandoned and neglected graveyards

Section
57-39.1

1. Recovery of abandoned interment rights; procedure; rights of owner of record

Section
57-39.2

Reversion of unoccupied cemetery lots in cities and certain towns; rebuttable presumption

Section
57-39.3

Proceedings; determination of abandonment

Section
57-39.4

Notice to owner of record; publication

Section
57-39.5

Judicial determination; conveyance of title

Section
57-39.6

Sale of abandoned cemetery lot

Section
57-39.7

Applicability; abandonment determination limited in certain circumstances

Section
57-39.8

Repealed

Section
57-39.19

Application of §§ 54.1-2818.1 through 54.1-2818.3

Section
57-39.20

Definitions

Section
57-39.21

Duty to file declaration of land use restriction

Section
57-39.22

Certain representations unlawful; perpetual care trust fund required

Section
57-39.23

Change of address required from owner of burial right

Section
57-39.24

Removal of restriction on land

Section
57-39.25

Violation a misdemeanor