Within four years after the date of the first sale, a cemetery company or other seller of mausoleums and garden crypts shall be required to start construction or development of that undeveloped ground or section of a mausoleum or garden crypt in which sales, contracts for sales, or agreements for sales are being made. The construction or development of such undeveloped mausoleum section or garden crypt shall be completed within five years after the date of the first such sale. Completed construction shall be deemed performance for purposes of this chapter.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 54.1-2339

  • Cemetery: means any land or structure used or intended to be used for the interment of human remains. See Virginia Code 54.1-2310
  • Garden crypt: means a burial receptacle, usually constructed of reinforced concrete, installed in quantity on gravel or tile underlay. See Virginia Code 54.1-2310
  • Seller: means the cemetery company. See Virginia Code 54.1-2310

1998, cc. 708, 721.