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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74337</law_id><section_number>15.2-978</section_number><catch_line>Registration by locality of cemeteries, graveyards, or other places of burial on private property</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">General Powers of Local Governments</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Additional Powers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may adopt an <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> setting forth a register of identified cemeteries, graveyards, or other places of burial located on private property not belonging to any memorial or monumental association. The official local register may include an official map. Sites on the registry shall not be disclosed to the public in any format if they fall under the exception provided in subdivision 10 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Exclusions to application of chapter; records of specific public bodies and certain other limited exclusions" href="/2.2-3705.7/">2.2-3705.7</a> for significant historic and archaeological sites that would be jeopardized by public disclosure of their location. The register and official map may be available on the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>&#x2019;s website, if one exists. The <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may provide a phone number and email address on the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>&#x2019;s website, if one exists, that members of the public can use to contact the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> regarding identified or unidentified cemeteries, graveyards, or other places of burial located on private property not belonging to any memorial or monumental association.
		The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> shall publish a notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> at least two weeks prior to the public sale of any publicly owned property that contains a known cemetery, graveyard, or other place of burial, or as soon thereafter as possible, and shall also publish the notice on the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>&#x2019;s website, if one exists. The notice shall specify that a cemetery is present on the property. If the property falls under the exception provided in subdivision 10 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Exclusions to application of chapter; records of specific public bodies and certain other limited exclusions" href="/2.2-3705.7/">2.2-3705.7</a> for significant historic and archeological sites that would be jeopardized by public disclosure of their location, then no such notice is required.</p></section></text><history>2009, c. 718; 2022, c. 369.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
