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2020 Code of Virginia
Title 57 - Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries
Chapter 3 - Cemeteries
§ 57-39.3. Proceedings; determination of abandonment
Universal Citation: VA Code § 57-39.3 (2020)
Any city, town, corporation, association, or trustees having ownership and charge of a cemetery that is located in a city, or town in a county, as provided in ยง 57-39.2, may file a petition in the circuit court within whose jurisdiction the cemetery is situated, setting forth its ownership of the cemetery and facts relating to the continued failure by the owner of an unoccupied cemetery lot in such cemetery to maintain and care for such lot for at least 30 consecutive years immediately preceding, and requesting an order adjudging any such lot to be abandoned. Upon the filing of such petition, the court upon proper motion shall set a date for a hearing.
1962, c. 264; 1964, c. 111; 1986, c. 118; 2020, c. 669.
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