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Such license and such renewal of license shall (i) be on forms prescribed by the Board and shall include the name and address of each cemetery in Virginia in which the cemetery company has a business interest, the name and address of all officers and directors of the cemetery company, the registered agent for the cemetery company, the compliance agent, and any such other information as the Board may require consistent with the purposes of this chapter and (ii) include a fee as prescribed by the Board for each cemetery in Virginia in which the cemetery company has a business interest. The cemetery company shall notify the Board of any change in the information required to be filed within thirty days after the change. A new license shall be required if there is a change in the ownership of the cemetery company. If there is a change in the compliance agent designated by the cemetery company, it shall promptly notify the Board in writing. All fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and shall be placed to the credit and special fund of the Department to be used in the administration of this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":261337,"text":"No person shall engage in the business of a cemetery company in the Commonwealth without first being licensed by the Board. The cemetery company shall renew its license as required by the Board. Such license and such renewal of license shall (i) be on forms prescribed by the Board and shall include the name and address of each cemetery in Virginia in which the cemetery company has a business interest, the name and address of all officers and directors of the cemetery company, the registered agent for the cemetery company, the compliance agent, and any such other information as the Board may require consistent with the purposes of this chapter and (ii) include a fee as prescribed by the Board for each cemetery in Virginia in which the cemetery company has a business interest. The cemetery company shall notify the Board of any change in the information required to be filed within thirty days after the change. A new license shall be required if there is a change in the ownership of the cemetery company. If there is a change in the compliance agent designated by the cemetery company, it shall promptly notify the Board in writing. All fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and shall be placed to the credit and special fund of the Department to be used in the administration of this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13695,"edition_id":1,"name":"Cemetery Operators, Perpetual Care Trust Funds and Preneed Burial Contracts","identifier":"23.1","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12755,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:35","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:35","permalink":{"id":240255,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13695,"identifier":"23.1","token":"54.1\/II\/23.1","url":"\/54.1\/II\/23.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12755,"edition_id":1,"name":"Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12754,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":239415,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12755,"identifier":"II","token":"54.1\/II","url":"\/54.1\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12754,"edition_id":1,"name":"Professions and Occupations","identifier":"54.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":239313,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12754,"identifier":"54.1","token":"54.1","url":"\/54.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":61603,"structure_id":13695,"section_number":"54.1-2310","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/54.1-2310\/","token":"54.1\/II\/23.1\/54.1-2310","metadata":false},{"id":72586,"structure_id":13695,"section_number":"54.1-2311","catch_line":"Cemetery operators required to be licensed by the Board","url":"\/54.1-2311\/","token":"54.1\/II\/23.1\/54.1-2311","metadata":false},{"id":81993,"structure_id":13695,"section_number":"54.1-2312","catch_line":"Exemptions","url":"\/54.1-2312\/","token":"54.1\/II\/23.1\/54.1-2312","metadata":false},{"id":85224,"structure_id":13695,"section_number":"54.1-2312.01","catch_line":"Special interments; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0708\">708<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0721\">721<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":240261,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72586,"identifier":"54.1-2311","token":"54.1\/II\/23.1\/54.1-2311","url":"\/54.1-2311\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2311\/","token":"54.1\/II\/23.1\/54.1-2311","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cemetery operators required to be licensed by the Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2311","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall engage in the business of a <span class=\"dictionary\">cemetery company<\/span> in the Commonwealth without first being licensed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">cemetery company<\/span> shall renew its license as required by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. 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The <span class=\"dictionary\">cemetery company<\/span> shall notify the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> of any change in the information required to be filed within thirty days after the change. A new license shall be required if there is a change in the ownership of the <span class=\"dictionary\">cemetery company<\/span>. If there is a change in the <span class=\"dictionary\">compliance agent<\/span> designated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">cemetery company<\/span>, it shall promptly notify the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> in writing. 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Such license and such renewal of license shall\n(i) be on forms prescribed by the Board and shall include the name and address\nof each cemetery in Virginia in which the cemetery company has a business\ninterest, the name and address of all officers and directors of the cemetery\ncompany, the registered agent for the cemetery company, the compliance agent,\nand any such other information as the Board may require consistent with the\npurposes of this chapter and (ii) include a fee as prescribed by the Board for\neach cemetery in Virginia in which the cemetery company has a business interest.\nThe cemetery company shall notify the Board of any change in the information\nrequired to be filed within thirty days after the change. A new license shall be\nrequired if there is a change in the ownership of the cemetery company. If there\nis a change in the compliance agent designated by the cemetery company, it shall\npromptly notify the Board in writing. All fees shall be remitted to the State\nTreasurer and shall be placed to the credit and special fund of the Department\nto be used in the administration of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, cc. 708, 721.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}