37-19-827. Contract for prearranged funeral plan or related services -- trust requirement -- interest -- exception.
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37-19-827 . Contract for prearranged funeral plan or related services -- trust requirement -- interest -- exception.
(1)Prearranged funeral or related services may be presented, negotiated, and sold to the public only by a licensed mortician.
(2)Except as provided in subsection (5), all money paid pursuant to a contract for a prearranged funeral or related services must be held in trust for the purposes for which the money was furnished until the obligations of a mortuary, a branch establishment, a crematory, a cemetery firm, or a mausoleum-columbarium corporation have been:
(a)fulfilled according to the terms of the contract; or
(b)terminated, by mutual consent of the parties, and the money is refunded to the proper party.
(3)Any interest accrued by money in a trust must be held in the trust and is subject to the terms of the trust agreement and the rules of the board.
(4)The board may require a mortuary, a branch establishment, or a crematory to provide an accounting or audit of the funds held in trust.
(5)Money paid for the purchase of a lot, grave space, mausoleum, crypt, niche, or burial right or part of a lot or grave space is not subject to the trust requirements of this section if title passes to the purchaser at the time that the payment is made.