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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 195<\/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":251723,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77722,"identifier":"57-35.35:1","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-35.35_1","url":"\/57-35.35_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/57-35.35_1\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-35.35_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 57-35.35:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Previously unidentified cemetery<\/span>” means a cemetery that, notwithstanding the fact<\/span> that it is known to researchers, members of the community, or descendants of those buried there, has not been identified in the Virginia Cultural Resources Information System or has not been officially located in the land records of the locality.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 57-35.35:1)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Previously unidentified cemetery” means a cemetery that,\nnotwithstanding the fact that it is known to researchers, members of the\ncommunity, or descendants of those buried there, has not been identified in the\nVirginia Cultural Resources Information System or has not been officially\nlocated in the land records of the locality.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, c. 195.","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}}