                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS UNLAWFUL; PERPETUAL CARE TRUST FUND REQUIRED (§
54.1-2316)

It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale in the Commonwealth any grave or
entombment right in a cemetery and, in connection therewith, to represent to the
public in any manner, express or implied, that the entire cemetery or any grave
or entombment right therein will be perpetually cared for, unless adequate
provision has been made for the perpetual care of the cemetery and all graves
and entombment rights therein as to which such representation has been made.
		Each cemetery company shall establish in a Virginia trust company or trust
subsidiary or a federally insured bank or savings institution doing business in
the Commonwealth, an irrevocable trust fund in the amount of at least $50,000
before the first lot, parcel of land, burial or entombment right is sold. This
fund shall be designated the perpetual care trust fund.

HISTORY: 1998, cc. 708, 721; 2004, c. 192.