                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RESALE OF INTERMENT RIGHT BY CERTAIN CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS (§
54.1-2312.2)

A. In addition to the provisions of &#xA7; 54.1-2312.1, a church or religious
organization may proceed with a resale transaction of an interment right if (i)
the church or religious organization is exempt from income tax under Title 58.1
or from taxation pursuant to &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and
(ii) the buyer is a member of the church congregation or religious organization
or an immediate family member of such member.

B. Resale transactions under this subsection shall also comply with the
following:

   1. Any merchandise, personal property, or service purchased in the original
   preneed transaction is transferred with the interment right;

   2. The resale is approved, pursuant to subdivision 4, by the cemetery company
   that owns the cemetery in which the interment right exists;

   3. The seller provides written notice to the buyer that the resale transaction
   is contingent upon (i) approval by the cemetery company that owns the cemetery
   in which the interment right exists, (ii) payment of the cemetery transfer
   fee, and (iii) compliance with the provisions of this section;

   4. A cemetery company shall approve a resale transaction upon receipt of a
   valid transfer form that has been acknowledged by the buyer as required by
   subdivision 5 e, a reasonable cemetery transfer fee to be set by the cemetery
   company, and a copy of the bill of sale or other document confirming the
   resale, provided such approval is consistent with the current rules and
   regulations of the cemetery company; and

   5. The transfer form shall be provided by the seller to the buyer at the time
   of the resale and shall be valid only when signed by the seller, buyer, and
   cemetery company. A cemetery company may rely in good faith on the
   representations and documentation submitted by the buyer and seller. At a
   minimum, the transfer form shall contain the following information:
   				a. The name and address of each seller and buyer;
   				b. A complete description of the location of the property for which the
   interment right is being sold;
   				c. A clear disclosure of the cemetery transfer fee;
   				d. The name, address, and telephone number of the Board and a statement
   that the Board is the regulatory agency that handles consumer complaints; and
   				e. An acknowledgment that the buyer has read, understands, and agrees to
   abide by the current rules and regulations of the cemetery and its current
   general price list, as applicable.
   				The information required to be included in the transfer form by
   subdivisions a through d shall be provided by the seller.

C. In the event a resale is not approved by the cemetery company under this
section, the resale transaction shall be void and within 30 days the seller
shall refund to the buyer all money paid pursuant to the transaction and the
buyer shall return to the seller any merchandise or personal property
transferred to the buyer by the seller as a part of the resale.

D. Nothing in this section shall prevent a church or religious organization
exempt from income tax under Title 58.1 or from taxation pursuant to &#xA7;
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code from reselling any interment right back
to the cemetery company. Subsequent sale of such interment rights by the
cemetery company shall not be considered a resale transaction.

E. Nothing in this section shall prevent a cemetery company from reselling an
interment right of a natural person.

HISTORY: 2013, c. 395.