LIS

Virginia Law

Code of Virginia

Creating a Report: Check the sections you'd like to appear in the report, then use the "Create Report" button at the bottom of the page to generate your report. Once the report is generated you'll then have the option to download it as a pdf, print or email the report.

Chapter 3.
Cemeteries
Read Chapter

  • Article 1.
    General Provisions
    Read all
    • § 57-22
    Conveyance of land to trustees or local governing body for cemetery use
    § 57-23
    Appointment, change or removal of trustees
    § 57-24
    Powers and duties of trustees
    § 57-24.1
    Trustee for purpose of suit
    § 57-25
    Condemnation of land for cemeteries
    § 57-26
    Restrictions as to location of cemeteries and as to quantity of land
    § 57-27
    City of Richmond may prohibit burials in certain cemeteries
    § 57-27.1
    Access to cemeteries located on private property; cause of action for injunctive relief; applicability
    § 57-27.1:1
    Family cemeteries located on private property; interment rights of immediate family members and descendants
    § 57-27.2
    Correction of interment errors
    § 57-27.3
    Authorization for interment
  • Article 3.
    Disposition of Property for Maintenance and Care
    Read all
    • § 57-31
    May be in perpetuity
    § 57-32
    Who may hold such property
    § 57-33
    Repealed
    § 57-34
    Amount to defray original cost not limited
    § 57-35
    Trusteeship for administering funds for perpetual care
  • Article 3.2.
    Perpetual Care Funds, Preneed Burial Contracts and Consumer Protections
    Read all
    • § 57-35.11
    Repealed
  • Article 4.
    Abandoned or Previously Unidentified Cemeteries; Removal of Remains
    Read all
    • § 57-35.35:1
    Definitions
    § 57-35.36
    Cemeteries owned by localities; good faith effort required prior to interment
    § 57-35.37
    Sale of cemeteries owned by a locality; required notice to descendants of original owner
    § 57-36
    Abandoned or previously unidentified graveyards may be condemned; removal of bodies
    § 57-37
    Costs of suits, removal and reinterment; how surplus above costs disposed of
    § 57-38
    Exemption from §§ 57-36 and 57-37
    § 57-38.1
    Proceedings by landowner for removal of remains from previously unidentified or abandoned family graveyard
    § 57-38.2
    Proceedings by heir at law or descendant for removal of ancestor's remains from previously unidentified or abandoned family graveyard
    § 57-39
    Proceedings for removal of remains and sale of land vacated
    § 57-39.1
    Improvement of abandoned and neglected graveyards
    § 57-39.1:1
    Recovery of abandoned interment rights; procedure; rights of owner of record
  • Article 5.
    Acquisition of Abandoned Lots in Cities and Certain Towns
    Read all
    • § 57-39.2
    Reversion of unoccupied cemetery lots in cities and certain towns; rebuttable presumption
    § 57-39.3
    Proceedings; determination of abandonment
    § 57-39.4
    Notice to owner of record; publication
    § 57-39.5
    Judicial determination; conveyance of title
    § 57-39.6
    Sale of abandoned cemetery lot
    § 57-39.7
    Applicability; abandonment determination limited in certain circumstances