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If, after the payment of proper costs, there be any residue, the same shall be paid to the parties entitled thereto, and if there be any parties unknown who are entitled to such proceeds, the county, city or town shall hold such amount in trust for the parties so entitled, but such county, city or town shall not be charged with any interest on such amount so held. If the amount so held is not claimed by or paid to the parties entitled thereto within seven years from the date of sale of such burying ground, or part thereof, then such amount shall pass to and become a part of the Literary Fund of the Commonwealth, as provided by the statute of escheats.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":233347,"text":"In the event that the proceeds from the condemnation are insufficient to defray the costs of the suit and removal, and reinterment of the remains, then the additional amount necessary therefor shall be paid by the county, city or town instituting the suit. If, after the payment of proper costs, there be any residue, the same shall be paid to the parties entitled thereto, and if there be any parties unknown who are entitled to such proceeds, the county, city or town shall hold such amount in trust for the parties so entitled, but such county, city or town shall not be charged with any interest on such amount so held. If the amount so held is not claimed by or paid to the parties entitled thereto within seven years from the date of sale of such burying ground, or part thereof, then such amount shall pass to and become a part of the Literary Fund of the Commonwealth, as provided by the statute of escheats.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13326,"edition_id":1,"name":"Abandonment; Removal of Remains","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13325,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:39","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:39","permalink":{"id":251721,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13326,"identifier":"4","token":"57\/3\/4","url":"\/57\/3\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13325,"edition_id":1,"name":"Cemeteries","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13324,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:39","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:39","permalink":{"id":251625,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13325,"identifier":"3","token":"57\/3","url":"\/57\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13324,"edition_id":1,"name":"Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries","identifier":"57","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:39","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:39","permalink":{"id":251501,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13324,"identifier":"57","token":"57","url":"\/57\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":77722,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-35.35:1","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/57-35.35_1\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-35.35_1","metadata":false},{"id":85948,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-35.36","catch_line":"Cemeteries owned by localities; good faith effort required prior to interment","url":"\/57-35.36\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-35.36","metadata":false},{"id":70710,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-35.37","catch_line":"Sale of cemeteries owned by a locality; required notice to descendants of original owner","url":"\/57-35.37\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-35.37","metadata":false},{"id":85333,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-36","catch_line":"Abandoned or previously unidentified graveyards may be condemned; removal of bodies","url":"\/57-36\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-36","metadata":false},{"id":64086,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-37","catch_line":"Costs of suits, removal and reinterment; how surplus above costs disposed of","url":"\/57-37\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-37","metadata":false},{"id":82883,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-38","catch_line":"Exemption from \u00a7\u00a7 57-36 and 57-37","url":"\/57-38\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-38","metadata":false},{"id":67509,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-38.1","catch_line":"Proceedings by landowner for removal of remains from previously unidentified or abandoned family graveyard","url":"\/57-38.1\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-38.1","metadata":false},{"id":58701,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-38.2","catch_line":"Proceedings by heir at law or descendant for removal of ancestor's remains from previously unidentified or abandoned family graveyard","url":"\/57-38.2\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-38.2","metadata":false},{"id":54311,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-39","catch_line":"Proceedings for removal of remains and sale of land vacated","url":"\/57-39\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-39","metadata":false},{"id":78941,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-39.1","catch_line":"Improvement of abandoned and neglected graveyards","url":"\/57-39.1\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-39.1","metadata":false},{"id":79977,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-39.1:1","catch_line":"Recovery of abandoned interment rights; procedure; rights of owner of record","url":"\/57-39.1_1\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-39.1_1","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":85333,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-36","catch_line":"Abandoned or previously unidentified graveyards may be condemned; removal of bodies","url":"\/57-36\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-36","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":82883,"structure_id":13326,"section_number":"57-38","catch_line":"Exemption from \u00a7\u00a7 57-36 and 57-37","url":"\/57-38\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-38","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/57-37\/","history_text":"<p>The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1985, chapter 95.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82883,"section_number":"57-38","catch_line":"Exemption from \u00a7\u00a7 57-36 and 57-37","order_by":null,"url":"\/57-38\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":251739,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64086,"identifier":"57-37","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-37","url":"\/57-37\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/57-37\/","token":"57\/3\/4\/57-37","dublin_core":{"Title":"Costs of suits, removal and reinterment; how surplus above costs disposed of","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 57-37","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In the event that the proceeds from the condemnation are insufficient to defray the costs of the suit and removal, and reinterment of the remains, then the additional amount necessary therefor shall be paid by the county, city or town instituting the suit. If, after the payment of proper costs, there be any residue, the same shall be paid to the parties entitled thereto, and if there be any parties unknown who are entitled to such proceeds, the county, city or town shall hold such amount in trust for the parties so entitled, but such county, city or town shall not be charged with any interest on such amount so held. If the amount so held is not claimed by or paid to the parties entitled thereto within seven years from the date of sale of such burying ground, or part thereof, then such amount shall pass to and become a part of the Literary Fund of the Commonwealth, as provided by the <span class=\"dictionary\">statute<\/span> of escheats.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOSTS OF SUITS, REMOVAL AND REINTERMENT; HOW SURPLUS ABOVE COSTS DISPOSED OF (\u00a7\n57-37)\n\nIn the event that the proceeds from the condemnation are insufficient to defray\nthe costs of the suit and removal, and reinterment of the remains, then the\nadditional amount necessary therefor shall be paid by the county, city or town\ninstituting the suit. If, after the payment of proper costs, there be any\nresidue, the same shall be paid to the parties entitled thereto, and if there be\nany parties unknown who are entitled to such proceeds, the county, city or town\nshall hold such amount in trust for the parties so entitled, but such county,\ncity or town shall not be charged with any interest on such amount so held. If\nthe amount so held is not claimed by or paid to the parties entitled thereto\nwithin seven years from the date of sale of such burying ground, or part\nthereof, then such amount shall pass to and become a part of the Literary Fund\nof the Commonwealth, as provided by the statute of escheats.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 55; 1985, c. 95.","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}}