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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72586</law_id><section_number>54.1-2311</section_number><catch_line>Cemetery operators required to be licensed by the Board</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="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="23.1">Cemetery Operators, Perpetual Care Trust Funds and Preneed Burial Contracts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No person shall engage in the business of a <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> in the Commonwealth without first being licensed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. The <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> shall renew its license as required by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. Such license and such renewal of license shall (i) be on forms prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> and shall include the name and address of each cemetery in Virginia in which the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> has a business interest, the name and address of all officers and directors of the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span>, the registered agent for the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span>, the <span class="dictionary">compliance agent</span>, and any such other information as the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may require consistent with the purposes of this chapter and (ii) include a fee as prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> for each cemetery in Virginia in which the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> has a business interest. The <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> shall notify the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of any change in the information required to be filed within thirty days after the change. A new license shall be required if there is a change in the ownership of the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span>. If there is a change in the <span class="dictionary">compliance agent</span> designated by the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span>, it shall promptly notify the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> in writing. All fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and shall be placed to the credit and special fund of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> to be used in the administration of this chapter.</p></section></text><history>1998, cc. 708, 721.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
