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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370786</law_id><section_number>57-29</section_number><catch_line>Trustees</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="123" identifier="57">Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Cemeteries</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Jointly Owned Cemeteries</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>After acquiring and planning such cemetery or cemeteries, the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the county wherein the cemetery is located shall appoint not less than five nor more than nine trustees, who shall reside in the city or county, for the purpose of managing and controlling such cemetery. The trustees shall have the power to convey lots in the cemetery in accordance with the plan thereof, without authority of <span class="dictionary">court</span>, and to include in deeds of conveyance such reasonable restrictions and conditions as they deem advisable, and shall have all other powers granted by general <span class="dictionary">law</span> to trustees of cemeteries. Such trustees shall, before entering upon the performance of their duties, give <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with approved security and in such <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> as the <span class="dictionary">court</span> determines for the faithful performance of their duties.</p></section></text><history>1944, p. 326; Michie Suppl. 1946, &#xA7; 53a.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
