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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84608</law_id><section_number>54.1-2319</section_number><catch_line>Deposit in perpetual care trust fund required upon sale of graves, etc</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-2324</reference><reference>54.1-2342</reference></referred_to_by><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>Each <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> shall deposit a minimum of ten percent of the receipts from the sale of <span class="dictionary">graves</span> and above-ground crypts and niches, excluding below-ground burial vaults, in cash in the <span class="dictionary">perpetual care trust fund</span> within thirty days after the close of the month in which such receipts are paid to it. If the purchaser&#x2019;s payment is made on an installment or deferred payment basis, the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> shall have the option of paying ten percent of the amount of principal in each payment received into the <span class="dictionary">perpetual care trust fund</span>. If the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> provides a <span class="dictionary">grave</span> or an above-ground crypt or niche without compensation, ten percent of the <span class="dictionary">retail sales price</span> shall be deposited within thirty days after the close of the month in which the property is provided to the consumer.</p></section></text><history>1998, cc. 708, 721; 2000, c. 36.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
