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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 27-17A-1 - Short Title. - This chapter shall be cited as the Alabama Preneed Funeral...
Section 27-17A-2 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have...
Section 27-17A-3 - Funding of Preneed Contracts; Premium Payments; Commissions; Preneed Seller as Beneficiary or Assignee. - (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit...
Section 27-17A-4 - Sale of Funeral Merchandise, Etc. - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit cemetery...
Article 2 - Certificate of Authority.
Section 27-17A-10 - Certificate Required. - (a) No person may sell a preneed contract without first...
Section 27-17A-11 - Application for Certificate; Statements; Issuance; Expiration; Transfer. - (a) An application to the commissioner for a certificate of...
Section 27-17A-11.1 - Report of Preneed Contract Activity; Written Logs. - (a) On a semi-annual basis, within 45 days after the...
Section 27-17A-12 - Preneed Contract Forms; Disclosure; Approval. - (a) Preneed contract forms and related forms shall be filed...
Section 27-17A-13 - Monies to Be Placed in Trust; Compliance by Pre-Existing Preneed Contracts. - (a) Except as provided in Sections 27-17A-3 and 27-17A-14, every...
Section 27-17A-14 - Surety Bond. - (a) As an alternative to the trust requirement of Section...
Section 27-17A-15 - Examination by Commissioner. - (a) The commissioner shall, as often as he or she...
Section 27-17A-16 - Inactive Certificate Holder; Surrender of License. - (a) A certificate holder shall be considered inactive upon the...
Section 27-17A-17 - Dissolution or Liquidation of Certificate Holder. - (a) Any dissolution or liquidation of a certificate holder shall...
Section 27-17A-18 - Preneed Sales Agent. - (a) All individuals who offer preneed contracts to the public,...
Section 27-17A-19 - Prohibited Activities. - No person shall engage in this state in any trade...
Section 27-17A-20 - Hearing; Procedures; Penalties. - (a) Whenever the commissioner has reason to believe that any...
Section 27-17A-21 - Fine in Lieu of Suspension or Revocation of Certificate. - (a) If the commissioner finds that one or more grounds...
Section 27-17A-22 - Violations and Penalties. - (a)(1) A person who knowingly receives payments for a preneed...
Section 27-17A-23 - Civil Actions; Liability. - The commissioner, the Attorney General, or any person may bring...
Section 27-17A-24 - Construction of Chapter. - The provisions of this chapter are cumulative to rights under...
Section 27-17A-25 - Disposition of Funds. - (a) All fees collected by the commissioner pursuant to this...
Article 3 - Funeral Merchandise and Services Trust Fund.
Section 27-17A-30 - Applicability of Article. - To comply with the trust requirement of subsection (a) of...
Section 27-17A-31 - Deposits Into Trust; Trustee Responsibilities; Interests in Funds. - (a) Any person who is paid, collects, or receives funds...
Section 27-17A-32 - Rights of Seller; Powers and Duties of Trustee. - (a) If amounts paid by the purchaser under a preneed...
Section 27-17A-33 - (a) A purchaser, by providing written notice to the certificate...
Section 27-17A-34 - Disbursement of Funds. - (a) Disbursement of funds discharging any preneed contract for funeral...
Article 4 - Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trust Fund.
Section 27-17A-40 - Applicability of Article. - To comply with the trust requirement of subsection (a) of...
Section 27-17A-41 - Trust Fund; Trustee; Interests of Purchaser; Seller. - (a) Any person who receives or collects any funds on...
Section 27-17A-42 - Trust Contributions; Trustee Responsibilities; Withdrawals; Analysis and Certification by Seller. - (a) The obligation of the seller under a preneed contract...
Section 27-17A-43 - Cancellation of Contract; Withdrawal From Trust Fund. - (a) Upon cancellation of a preneed contract by mutual agreement...
Section 27-17A-44 - Rights of Seller. - If the amounts paid by the purchaser under a preneed...
Section 27-17A-45 - Endowment Care Fund. - An endowment care fund and all payments or contributions to...
Section 27-17A-46 - Endowment Care Cemeteries. - Any cemetery now existing or hereafter established, excluding those operated...
Section 27-17A-47 - Establishment and Management of Endowment Care Fund. - (a) Every cemetery authority operating an endowment care cemetery shall...
Section 27-17A-48 - Maintenance of Records. - (a) Each cemetery authority shall maintain at each place of...
Section 27-17A-49 - Endowment Care Fund Deposits; Qualification as Endowment Care Cemetery. - (a) From the sale price of each plot, crypt, or...
Section 27-17A-50 - Financial Interest in Asset or Business in Which Endowment Care Trust Invests, etc.; Disposition of Funds. - (a) No cemetery authority may directly or indirectly require or...
Section 27-17A-51 - Propriety of Expenditures; Income Payments to Cemetery Authority. - The trustee shall not be required to inquire into the...
Section 27-17A-52 - Disclosure of Activities and Statement of Investments. - The trustee shall, not less than annually, file with the...
Section 27-17A-53 - Disposal of Assets or Investments. - To the extent that any endowment care trust existing on...
Section 27-17A-54 - Annual Report. - An annual report of the endowment care fund shall be...
Section 27-17A-55 - Construction of Mausoleum, Etc. - A cemetery authority shall start construction of that section of...
Section 27-17A-56 - Rules and Regulations. - (a) Cemetery rules and regulations are adopted for the mutual...
Section 27-17A-57 - Jurisdiction of Commissioner. - The commissioner shall have the same jurisdiction over funeral establishments,...