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The cemetery shall give reasonable notice, in advance of the disinterment, to the nearest known next of kin of the deceased person and, if requested, the owner of such burial space. For the purposes of this section, “interment” means the same as such term is defined in § 54.1-2310.B\n\nAt the time specified for the disinterment and reinterment, the cemetery shall permit the nearest known next of kin and, if requested, the owner of such burial space to witness the disinterment and reinterment.C\n\nThe cemetery shall bear all costs of the disinterment and reinterment.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":281014,"text":"In any instance where the operator of a cemetery is informed or becomes aware that it has interred or permitted the interment of a body or cremains in the wrong burial space, it shall disinter the burial container wrongfully interred, identify the burial container, and reinter it in the proper burial space. 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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 74<\/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":251665,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78404,"identifier":"57-27.2","token":"57\/3\/1\/57-27.2","url":"\/57-27.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/57-27.2\/","token":"57\/3\/1\/57-27.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Correction of interment errors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 57-27.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In any instance where the operator of a cemetery is informed or becomes aware that it has interred or permitted the interment<\/span> of a body or cremains in the wrong burial space, it shall disinter the burial container wrongfully interred, identify the burial container, and reinter it in the proper burial space. The cemetery shall give reasonable notice, in advance of the disinterment, to the nearest known next of kin of the deceased person and, if requested, the owner of such burial space. For the purposes of this section, “interment<\/span>” means the same as such term is defined in § 54.1-2310<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> At the time specified for the disinterment and reinterment, the cemetery shall permit the nearest known next of kin and, if requested, the owner of such burial space to witness<\/span> the disinterment and reinterment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The cemetery shall bear all costs of the disinterment and reinterment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCORRECTION OF INTERMENT ERRORS (\u00a7 57-27.2)\n\nA. In any instance where the operator of a cemetery is informed or becomes aware\nthat it has interred or permitted the interment of a body or cremains in the\nwrong burial space, it shall disinter the burial container wrongfully interred,\nidentify the burial container, and reinter it in the proper burial space. The\ncemetery shall give reasonable notice, in advance of the disinterment, to the\nnearest known next of kin of the deceased person and, if requested, the owner of\nsuch burial space. For the purposes of this section, “interment”\nmeans the same as such term is defined in § 54.1-2310.\n\nB. At the time specified for the disinterment and reinterment, the cemetery\nshall permit the nearest known next of kin and, if requested, the owner of such\nburial space to witness the disinterment and reinterment.\n\nC. The cemetery shall bear all costs of the disinterment and reinterment.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 74.","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}}