§ 57-39.20 Definitions.
§ 57-39.21 Duty to file declaration of land use restriction.
§ 57-39.22 Certain representations unlawful; perpetual care trust fund required.
§ 57-39.23 Change of address required from owner of burial right.
§ 57-39.24 Removal of restriction on land.
§ 57-39.25 Violation a misdemeanor.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 57 > Chapter 3 > Article 8 - Pet Cemeteries.

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Burial right: means the right of interment. See Virginia Code 57-39.20
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • Interment: means the disposition of pet remains by earth burial, entombment in a mausoleum, or inurnment in a columbarium. See Virginia Code 57-39.20
  • Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • Notary: means notary public. See Virginia Code 1-226
  • Operator: means any person engaged in the business of selling or offering for sale any burial or interment right in a pet cemetery and representing to the public that such cemetery, single burial or interment right therein will be perpetually cared for. See Virginia Code 57-39.20
  • Perpetual care fund: means a fund created to provide income to a pet cemetery to provide care, maintenance, administration and embellishment of the pet cemetery. See Virginia Code 57-39.20
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Pet: means an animal that has been adapted or tamed to live in intimate association with or for the pleasure of people and includes but is not limited to dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, and hamsters. See Virginia Code 57-39.20
  • Pet cemetery: means land, together with any structures, facilities, or buildings appurtenant thereto provided to members of the public for use or reservation for use for the individual interment, above or below ground, of pet remains. See Virginia Code 57-39.20
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245