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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67473</law_id><section_number>57-39.21</section_number><catch_line>Duty to file declaration of land use restriction</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>57-39.24</reference></referred_to_by><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="8">Pet Cemeteries</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The owner of any land used or to be used as a <span class="dictionary">pet cemetery</span> shall file in the office of the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> for the locality where the land is located a declaration restricting the use of the land to use as a <span class="dictionary">pet cemetery</span>. The owner shall execute the declaration in the same manner and with the same effect as a conveyance of an interest in land. The clerk shall record the declaration in the deed book and index it in the name of the owner. The restriction established in such a recorded declaration may be removed only as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Removal of restriction on land" href="/57-39.24/">57-39.24</a>. Unless a restriction is so removed, no person shall use land restricted pursuant to this section for any purpose other than as a <span class="dictionary">pet cemetery</span>.</p></section></text><history>1996, c. 957.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
