(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

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Sec. 20-10. Contract.

(a)At the time cemetery arrangements are made and prior to rendering the cemetery services, a cemetery authority shall create a completed written contract to be provided to the consumer, signed by both parties by their actual written signatures on either paper or electronic form, that shall contain:

(i)the date on which the arrangements were made;

(ii)the price of the service selected and the services and merchandise included for that price;

(iii)the supplemental items of service and merchandise requested and the price of each item;

(iv)the terms or method of payment agreed upon; and

(v)a statement as to any monetary advances made on behalf of the family. The cemetery authority shall maintain a copy of such written contract in its permanent records.

(b)Any retail installment contract for the purchase of interment, entombment, or inurnment rights shall contain a clearly worded notice in 12-point type, bold, underlined, and capital letters, that rights to a deeded interest do not vest until final payment and that upon an uncured default, including when a contract is rolled into a new open-balance retail installment contract, with additional interment, entombment, or inurnment rights or additional cemetery merchandise or services, there will be no deeded interest.