Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Va. Code Ann. § 57-31

May be in perpetuity

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Hoover v. Jolley (1998)

Most recently applied in Hoover v. Jolley (April 1998)

Code 1919, § 59; 1918, p. 103; 1920, p. 10.

No disposition of property heretofore or hereafter made for the maintenance or care of any cemetery, burial ground, burial lot in a cemetery, or monument, or other erections about such cemetery or burial lot, shall fail by reason of such disposition having been made in perpetuity, but shall be valid.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.