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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370818</law_id><section_number>57-39.7</section_number><catch_line>Applicability; abandonment determination limited in certain circumstances</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="3" identifier="5">Acquisition of Abandoned Lots in Cities and Certain Towns</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Sections <a class="law" title="Reversion of unoccupied cemetery lots in cities and certain towns; rebuttable presumption" href="/57-39.2/">57-39.2</a> through <a class="law" title="Sale of abandoned cemetery lot" href="/57-39.6/">57-39.6</a> shall be construed to apply to and authorize a determination of abandonment of any unoccupied part of a cemetery lot. In any proceeding to determine the abandonment of an unoccupied part of a cemetery lot, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall also determine what part, if any, shall be considered as having been abandoned. Such sections shall not be construed to apply to and authorize a determination of abandonment of (i) that part of a cemetery lot wherein there has been an interment, (ii) any cemetery lot or part thereof to which unrestricted fee simple title has been conveyed by a cemetery, or (iii) any cemetery lot or part thereof for which perpetual care has been provided by <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with the city, town, corporation, association, or trustees having ownership and charge of the cemetery containing any such lot or part thereof.</p></section></text><history>1962, c. 264; 1964, c. 111; 1985, c. 414; 2020, c. 669.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
