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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370803</law_id><section_number>57-38</section_number><catch_line>Exemption from &#xA7;&#xA7; 57-36 and 57-37</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="4">Abandoned or Previously Unidentified Cemeteries; Removal of Remains</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Sections <a class="law" title="Abandoned or previously unidentified graveyards may be condemned; removal of bodies" href="/57-36/">57-36</a> and <a class="law" title="Costs of suits, removal and reinterment; how surplus above costs disposed of" href="/57-37/">57-37</a> shall not apply to any graveyard or cemetery owned by a church, or controlled by trustees, in which sections are sold.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 55.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
