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§ 35-5B-16 — Cemetery property maintained by cemetery company

West Virginia § 35-5B-16
JurisdictionWest Virginia
Ch. 35PROPERTY OF RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
Art. 5BPRENEED CEMETERY COMPANY PROPERTY, GOODS AND SERVICES; RELATED CONTRACTS

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W. Va. Code § 35-5B-16 (2026).

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

(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.

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Legislative History

1993 Reg. Sess., SB407

Nearby Sections

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Validation of transfers for use or benefit of religious organizations
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Notice of conveyance or lien; proof thereof
§ 35-1-11
Proceedings to prevent conveyances or creation of liens
§ 35-1-12
Disposition of property of extinct or dissolved religious organization
§ 35-1-13
Validation of certain transactions
§ 35-1-2
Equitable title in contiguous congregations
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Property not to be taken from a religious organization
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Insufficient designations of beneficiaries or objects not to cause failure of trust; acquisition, conveyance, etc., of property
§ 35-1-5
Trustees for real and personal property -- How appointed and removed
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Same -- Recording order of appointment; recording fee
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Same -- May take and hold property
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Quantity of real estate trustee may take and hold
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Power of trustee to sell, convey and encumber property
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Government limitations related to the exercise of religion
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