Montana Code Annotated
Part 8. Mausoleum-Columbarium Authorities
35-21-849. Signs required for nonendowment and endowment care -- penalties

35-21-849. Signs required for nonendowment and endowment care -- penalties. (1) A nonendowment care mausoleum-columbarium is one that does not deposit in an endowment care fund.
(2) Each mausoleum-columbarium authority operating an endowment care mausoleum or columbarium shall post in a conspicuous place in its office or offices where sales are conducted and in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance of the mausoleum or columbarium or its administration building and readily accessible to the public a legible sign with the following phrase: "This is an endowment care property".
(3) Each mausoleum-columbarium authority operating a nonendowment care mausoleum or columbarium shall post in a conspicuous place in its office or offices where sales are conducted and in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance of the mausoleum or columbarium or its administration building and readily accessible to the public a legible sign with the following phrase: "This is not an endowment care property". This phrase likewise must be printed or stamped at the beginning of all contracts, certificates of ownership, or deeds.
(4) Any corporation or its agents or representatives who violate any of the provisions of this section or make any false statement appearing on a sign, contract, agreement, receipt, statement, literature, or other publication are guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 283, L. 1999.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations

Chapter 21. Mausoleum and Columbarium Authorities

Part 8. Mausoleum-Columbarium Authorities

35-21-801. Short title

35-21-802. Definitions

35-21-803. Exemptions and limitations on applicability

35-21-804. Incorporation required to transact business

35-21-805. General powers

35-21-806. through 35-21-809 reserved

35-21-810. Disposition of remains -- liability

35-21-811. Limitations on actions -- exemptions from liability

35-21-812. Removal of remains -- when removal excepted

35-21-813. through 35-21-819 reserved

35-21-820. Map or plat -- filing -- tax exemption

35-21-821. Effect of dedication

35-21-822. Removal of dedication by court

35-21-823. and 35-21-824 reserved

35-21-825. Sale of interment plots

35-21-826. Resale of plots for profit -- commissions -- penalties

35-21-827. Property interests in plot -- estate tax

35-21-828. Family plots

35-21-829. and 35-21-830 reserved

35-21-831. Termination of right of interment -- limitation on right

35-21-832. Conveyance to mausoleum-columbarium authority by plot owner

35-21-833. Joint tenants

35-21-834. Co-owners -- mausoleum-columbarium authority liability

35-21-835. through 35-21-839 reserved

35-21-840. Records

35-21-841. through 35-21-844 reserved

35-21-845. Endowment care fund -- investment of funds -- use of income -- permissible investment securities

35-21-846. Plans for general care and endowment care

35-21-847. Fund trustees -- compensation -- annual financial report

35-21-848. Endowment care fund gifts and contributions

35-21-849. Signs required for nonendowment and endowment care -- penalties

35-21-850. Annual report of endowment care mausoleum-columbarium

35-21-851. Director, officer, or trustee loans -- penalties