Code of Virginia
Chapter 3 - Cemeteries
§ 57-39.19. Application of §§ 54.1-2818.1 through 54.1-2818.3

The provisions of §§ 54.1-2818.1 through 54.1-2818.3 shall apply to the cremation of any dead human body.
1979, c. 724.

Structure Code of Virginia

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

§ 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

§ 57-27.2. Correction of interment errors

§ 57-27.3. Authorization for interment

§ 57-28. Cities and counties may establish

§ 57-29. Trustees

§ 57-30. Funds from sale of lots and for perpetual upkeep

§ 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 Repealed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

§ 57-35.1. Repealed

§ 57-35.11. Repealed

§ 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

§ 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

§ 57-39.8. Repealed

§ 57-39.19. Application of §§ 54.1-2818.1 through 54.1-2818.3

§ 57-39.20. Definitions

§ 57-39.21. Duty to file declaration of land use restriction

§ 57-39.22. Certain representations unlawful; perpetual care trust fund required

§ 57-39.23. Change of address required from owner of burial right

§ 57-39.24. Removal of restriction on land

§ 57-39.25. Violation a misdemeanor