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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370790</law_id><section_number>57-32</section_number><catch_line>Who may hold such property</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="123" identifier="57">Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Cemeteries</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Disposition of Property for Maintenance and Care</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any cemetery company chartered under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth, or a church, or any trustees holding title to a cemetery, or burial ground, may take and hold any property granted, bequeathed, devised, or given upon trust to apply its income to the improvement, repair, or embellishment of the cemetery, or any burial lot or monument or tomb or vault or other erections in such cemetery, according to the terms of such grant, bequest, devise, or gift.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 59; 1918, p. 103; 1920, p. 10; 2005, c. 772.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
