Sec. 9. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), a person who knowingly violates this chapter commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) A person who makes a false or fraudulent representation as to the existence, amount, investment, control, or condition of a perpetual care fund of a cemetery for the purpose of inducing another to purchase any burial right commits a Class C infraction.
(c) A person who knowingly or intentionally uses funds in a perpetual care fund established under this chapter for purposes other than the perpetual care of the cemetery for which the perpetual care fund was established commits a Level 5 felony.
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.113-2007, SEC.4; P.L.158-2013, SEC.266; P.L.33-2019, SEC.7.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 23. Business and Other Associations
Article 14. Cemetery Associations
Chapter 48. Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
23-14-48-1. Application of Chapter
23-14-48-1.5. "Immediate Maintenance Needs"
23-14-48-2. Establishment of Perpetual Care Fund; Limit on Withdrawals
23-14-48-2.2. Withdrawal of Funds From Perpetual Care Fund Established as a Conventional Trust
23-14-48-2.4. Investment of Money in Perpetual Care Fund
23-14-48-2.6. Conversion of Perpetual Care Fund Into Total Return Unitrust
23-14-48-3. Establishment; Payment; Fund Segregated
23-14-48-4. Duties of Cemetery Organized After March 6, 1953, and Before July 1, 1997
23-14-48-5. Duties of Cemetery Organized After June 30, 1997
23-14-48-6. Increases in Perpetual Care Fund
23-14-48-7. Accounting and Report; Audit
23-14-48-8. Separate and Distinct Cemeteries
23-14-48-9. Violation of Chapter
23-14-48-10. Formation of Association for Management, Care, and Supervision of Cemetery