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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0026\">26<\/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":241917,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58878,"identifier":"54.1-2822.1","token":"54.1\/III\/28\/5\/54.1-2822.1","url":"\/54.1-2822.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2822.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/28\/5\/54.1-2822.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Funeral establishments to maintain preneed records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2822.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every person selling <span class=\"dictionary\">preneed funeral contracts<\/span> within this Commonwealth shall keep and maintain such records of preneed transactions, including copies of preneed contracts, as may be prescribed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. All such records shall be maintained on the premises of the funeral establishment providing the preneed services and supplies, except that preneed records of funeral establishments under common ownership, control, or management may be maintained at a single location within this Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS TO MAINTAIN PRENEED RECORDS (\u00a7 54.1-2822.1)\n\nEvery person selling preneed funeral contracts within this Commonwealth shall\nkeep and maintain such records of preneed transactions, including copies of\npreneed contracts, as may be prescribed by the Board. All such records shall be\nmaintained on the premises of the funeral establishment providing the preneed\nservices and supplies, except that preneed records of funeral establishments\nunder common ownership, control, or management may be maintained at a single\nlocation within this Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 26.","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}}