With respect to cemetery property maintained by a cemetery company, the cemetery company is responsible for the performance of:

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 35-5B-16

  • Cemetery: means and includes all land and appurtenances including roadways, office buildings, outbuildings and other structures used or intended to be used for or in connection with the interment of human remains. See West Virginia Code 35-5B-1

(1) The care and maintenance of the cemetery property it owns; and

(2) The opening and closing of all graves, crypts or niches for human remains in any cemetery property it owns.