CODE OF VIRGINIA

DUTY TO FILE DECLARATION OF LAND USE RESTRICTION (§ 57-39.21)

The owner of any land used or to be used as a pet cemetery shall file in the
office of the clerk of the circuit court for the locality where the land is
located a declaration restricting the use of the land to use as a pet cemetery.
The owner shall execute the declaration in the same manner and with the same
effect as a conveyance of an interest in land. The clerk shall record the
declaration in the deed book and index it in the name of the owner. The
restriction established in such a recorded declaration may be removed only as
provided in § 57-39.24. Unless a restriction is so removed, no person shall use
land restricted pursuant to this section for any purpose other than as a pet
cemetery.

HISTORY: 1996, c. 957.