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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77722</law_id><section_number>57-35.35:1</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</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="4">Abandonment; Removal of Remains</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Previously unidentified cemetery</span>&#x201D; means a cemetery that, notwithstanding the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> that it is known to researchers, members of the community, or descendants of those buried there, has not been identified in the Virginia Cultural Resources Information System or has not been officially located in the land records of the locality.</p></section></text><history>2019, c. 195.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
