                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGISTRATION BY LOCALITY OF CEMETERIES, GRAVEYARDS, OR OTHER PLACES OF BURIAL ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY (§ 15.2-978)

Any locality may adopt an ordinance setting forth a register of identified
cemeteries, graveyards, or other places of burial located on private property
not belonging to any memorial or monumental association. The official local
register may include an official map. Sites on the registry shall not be
disclosed to the public in any format if they fall under the exception provided
in subdivision 10 of § 2.2-3705.7 for significant historic and archaeological
sites that would be jeopardized by public disclosure of their location. The
register and official map may be available on the locality&#8217;s website, if
one exists. The locality may provide a phone number and email address on the
locality&#8217;s website, if one exists, that members of the public can use to
contact the locality regarding identified or unidentified cemeteries,
graveyards, or other places of burial located on private property not belonging
to any memorial or monumental association.
		The governing body shall publish a notice in a newspaper having general
circulation in the locality at least two weeks prior to the public sale of any
publicly owned property that contains a known cemetery, graveyard, or other
place of burial, or as soon thereafter as possible, and shall also publish the
notice on the locality&#8217;s website, if one exists. The notice shall specify
that a cemetery is present on the property. If the property falls under the
exception provided in subdivision 10 of § 2.2-3705.7 for significant historic
and archeological sites that would be jeopardized by public disclosure of their
location, then no such notice is required.

HISTORY: 2009, c. 718; 2022, c. 369.