                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS MAY ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH PERSON, CHURCH,
ASSOCIATION, ETC (§ 33.2-1031)

Whenever it becomes necessary for the Commissioner of Highways to acquire land
or other interest therein for the purposes set forth in this title, and such
land to be acquired is a part or the whole of a cemetery or graveyard owned by
any person, church, association, corporation, or other legal entity that has the
legal authority to make disposition of the same, the Commissioner of Highways
may enter into agreements with such person, church, association, corporation, or
other legal entity for the removal of any remains that may be interred upon the
land. Such agreement shall provide for reinterment in some suitable repository.
For purposes of this article, the sprinkling of ashes or their burial in a
biodegradable container on private residential property, not subject to
regulation under Chapter 3 (§ 57-22 et seq.) of Title 57, shall not constitute
the creation of a cemetery or graveyard.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33-75.1; 1960, c. 308; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-133; 1992,
c. 714; 2014, c. 805.