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Cemetery Plot Ownership Laws In Virginia
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Virginia: Green burial is legal but unregulated. Typically allows for burial of unembalmed bodies in biodegradable containers or shrouds. Requires a burial permit and death certificate.
(For more detail, see How to Transport the Dead.) Virginia families may bury on their own property. There are no laws in Virginia stipulating conditions for home burial.
And Administrative Code 12VAC5-550-400. (For more detail, see How to Transport the Dead.) Virginia families may bury on their own property. There are no laws in Virginia stipulating conditions for home burial.
The Cemetery Board regulates for-profit cemeteries that offer perpetual care services or pre-need burial contracts, and that are required to maintain trust fund accounts. Cemeteries owned and operated by churches, the state, and all counties, cities, and towns are exempt from licensure and the board's jurisdiction.
Any person entering onto private property to access a gravesite or cemetery shall be responsible for conducting himself in a manner that does not damage the private lands, the cemetery or gravesites and shall be liable to the owner of the property for any damage caused as a result of his access.
Any person entering onto private property to access a gravesite or cemetery shall be responsible for conducting himself in a manner that does not damage the private lands, the cemetery or gravesites and shall be liable to the owner of the property for any damage caused as a result of his access.