57-27.2 - Correction of interment errors. - Virginia Statutes

§ 57-27.2. Correction of interment errors.

A. In any instance where the operator of a cemetery is informed or becomesaware that it has interred or permitted the interment of a body or cremainsin the wrong burial space, it shall disinter the burial container wrongfullyinterred, identify the burial container, and reinter it in the proper burialspace. The cemetery shall give reasonable notice, in advance of thedisinterment, to the nearest known next of kin of the deceased person and, ifrequested, the owner of such burial space. For the purposes of this section,"interment" means the same as such term is defined in § 54.1-2310.

B. At the time specified for the disinterment and reinterment, the cemeteryshall permit the nearest known next of kin and, if requested, the owner ofsuch burial space to witness the disinterment and reinterment.

C. The cemetery shall bear all costs of the disinterment and reinterment.

(1997, c. 74.)