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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78404</law_id><section_number>57-27.2</section_number><catch_line>Correction of interment errors</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="57">Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Cemeteries</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In any instance where the operator of a cemetery is informed or becomes aware that it has interred or permitted the <span class="dictionary">interment</span> of a body or cremains in the wrong burial space, it shall disinter the burial container wrongfully interred, identify the burial container, and reinter it in the proper burial space. The cemetery shall give reasonable notice, in advance of the disinterment, to the nearest known next of kin of the deceased person and, if requested, the owner of such burial space. For the purposes of this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">interment</span>&#x201D; means the same as such term is defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/54.1-2310/">54.1-2310</a>. <a id="paragraph-281014" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/57-27.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> At the time specified for the disinterment and reinterment, the cemetery shall permit the nearest known next of kin and, if requested, the owner of such burial space to <span class="dictionary">witness</span> the disinterment and reinterment. <a id="paragraph-281015" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/57-27.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The cemetery shall bear all costs of the disinterment and reinterment. <a id="paragraph-281016" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/57-27.2/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1997, c. 74.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
