                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

JUDICIAL DETERMINATION; CONVEYANCE OF TITLE (§ 57-39.5)

At the hearing authorized by § 57-39.4, the proofs of the parties or the
petition in the event of the failure of the recorded owner or his heirs to
appear and answer shall be presented, and the court shall determine if the
unoccupied cemetery lot set forth in the petition has been abandoned. If the
court enters a decree adjudging such lot to be abandoned, it shall further
provide that the city, town, corporation, association, or trustees having
ownership and charge of the cemetery containing any such lot shall have the
right to sell such lot and to use the proceeds for the purposes provided by this
article.

HISTORY: 1962, c. 264; 1964, c. 111; 2020, c. 669.