Kansas Statutes
Article 3 - Funeral And Cemetery Merchandise Agreements, Contracts And Plans
16-305 Same; penalties.

16-305. Same; penalties. Every person who violates any provision of this act: (a) Other than by misappropriating funds in violation of an agreement shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or shall be imprisoned for not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days, or both; and (b) by misappropriating funds in violation of an agreement in an amount:
(1) Of $25,000 or more shall be guilty of a severity level 7, nonperson felony;
(2) of at least $1,000 but less than $25,000 shall be guilty of a severity level 9, nonperson felony; or
(3) of less than $1,000 shall be guilty of a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
History: L. 1953, ch. 54, § 5, L. 1994, ch. 348, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 194, § 14; May 25.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 16 - Contracts And Promises

Article 3 - Funeral And Cemetery Merchandise Agreements, Contracts And Plans

16-301 Prearranged funeral agreements; conditions.

16-302 Same; payments, form and deposit of; exceptions.

16-303 Prearranged funeral agreements; payments and earnings; credit life insurance; irrevocable agreements.

16-304 Same; payments upon death, conditions; balances; notice; liability.

16-305 Same; penalties.

16-306 Same; injunction.

16-307 Same; severability.

16-308 Same; administration of funds; payment into trust fund; investment; payment of administrative costs and taxes; prior existing trusts to comply.

16-309 Same; doing business in state defined; nonresidents subject to personal service outside state.

16-310 Same; audit of accounts or trusts by secretary of state; redeposit of improperly paid moneys; actions by attorney general; funds held under agreements not subject to legal process; notice of intent to sell and engage in agreements; obstructing...

16-311 Same; duty of medical assistance recipient to inform; payments of balances upon death; conditions; liability.

16-312 Prearranged funeral agreements; required disclosures.

16-313 Same; additional disclosures.

16-314 Same; definition.

16-320 Cemetery merchandise contracts; definitions.

16-321 Same; cemetery merchandise trust fund; establishment; deposit of moneys; quarterly reports; distributable earnings; fees.

16-322 Same; trust fund; requirements; disbursements; trust instruments, validity; trustee duties.

16-323 Same; misuse of the cemetery merchandise trust fund, criminal penalty.

16-325 Same; secretary of state to audit cemetery merchandise trusts.

16-326 Same; redeposit of improperly paid moneys by trustee; attorney general initiate an accounting at request of secretary of state; plan to correct deficiencies.

16-327 Same; redeposit of moneys; action by attorney general.

16-328 Same; funds in trust not subject to legal process.

16-329 Same; notice of intent to sell preneed merchandise contracts filed with secretary of state.

16-330 Same; refusal to submit to audit; attorney general.

16-331 Same; refusal to establish trust fund; forfeiture of cemetery corporation.

16-332 Same; preneed contract provisions.

16-333 Same; not subject to 16-301 to 16-309, prearranged funeral regulations.

16-334 Same; trust agreement; copy filed with secretary of state; requirements.

16-335 Cemetery merchandise trust funds; information and records of examination confidential; disclosure of certain information allowed.

16-336 Cemetery maintenance and merchandise fee fund; state treasury.