diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/GroupedPropertyList.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/GroupedPropertyList.java
index 7c023e022..4ee0d14a7 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/GroupedPropertyList.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/GroupedPropertyList.java
@@ -476,6 +476,19 @@ public class GroupedPropertyList extends BaseTemplateModel {
         return null;
     }
 
+    public PropertyTemplateModel getProperty(String propertyUri, String rangeUri) {
+
+        for (PropertyGroupTemplateModel pgtm : groups) {
+            List<PropertyTemplateModel> properties = pgtm.getProperties();
+            for (PropertyTemplateModel ptm : properties) {
+                if (propertyUri.equals(ptm.getUri()) && rangeUri.equals(ptm.getRangeUri())) {
+                    return ptm;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     public PropertyTemplateModel pullProperty(String propertyUri) {
         return pullProperty(propertyUri, null);
     }
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-properties.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-properties.ftl
index c54bd9b16..4925b61ca 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-properties.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-properties.ftl
@@ -22,6 +22,24 @@
     </#if>
 </#function>
 
+<#-- Return true iff there are statements for this property -->
+<#function hasVisualizationStatements propertyGroups propertyName rangeUri>
+
+    <#local property = propertyGroups.getProperty(propertyName, rangeUri)!>
+    
+        <#-- First ensure that the property is defined
+        (an unpopulated property while logged out is undefined) -->
+        <#if ! property?has_content>
+            <#return false>
+        </#if>
+    
+        <#if property.collatedBySubclass!false> <#-- collated object property-->
+            <#return property.subclasses?has_content>
+        <#else>
+            <#return property.statements?has_content> <#-- data property or uncollated object property -->
+        </#if>
+
+</#function>
 
 <#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Macros for generating property lists