Virginia § 57-23 Appointment, change or removal of trustees

Virginia Statutes

§ 57-23 — Appointment, change or removal of trustees

Virginia § 57-23

Title 57RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE MATTERS; CEMETERIES

Ch. 3CEMETERIES

Art. 1General Provisions

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Va. Code Ann. § 57-23 (2026).

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On the application of the governing body of a city or town, the attorney for the Commonwealth of a county, ten citizens of a magisterial district, or the proper authorities of any such association or society, for whose use such cemetery is held, the circuit court of the county in which the cemetery is situated may, from time to time, appoint, change, and remove the trustees, as provided in § 57-8, whenever it may seem to the court proper to effect or promote the purposes of the trust.

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On the application of the governing body of a city or town, the attorney for the Commonwealth of a county, ten citizens of a magisterial district, or the proper authorities of any such association or society, for whose use such cemetery is held, the circuit court of the county in which the cemetery is situated may, from time to time, appoint, change, and remove the trustees, as provided in § 57-8, whenever it may seem to the court proper to effect or promote the purposes of the trust.