A cemetery authority, agent, servant or employee of it or another person shall not advertise, represent, guarantee, promise or contract that perpetual care, permanent care, perpetual or permanent maintenance, care forever, continuous care, eternal care, everlasting care, endowed care or any similar or equivalent care or care for any number of years of any cemetery or of any lot, grave, crypt or niche or of any family mausoleum, memorial, marker or monument will be furnished until he has complied with the provisions of the Endowed Care Cemetery Act.
History: 1953 Comp., § 67-29-7, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 156, § 7; 2001, ch. 149, § 7.
The 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, deleted "of 1961" following "Endowed Care Cemetery Act" and made stylistic changes throughout the section.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 58 - Financial Institutions and Regulations
Article 17 - Endowed Care of Cemeteries
Section 58-17-1 - Declaration of policy.
Section 58-17-2 - Short title.
Section 58-17-3 - Definitions.
Section 58-17-4 - Gifts and contributions; care funds; trust funds.
Section 58-17-5 - Loans by cemeteries.
Section 58-17-6 - Instrument regarding care to be furnished by cemetery authority.
Section 58-17-7 - Representations regarding care and maintenance to be furnished.
Section 58-17-8 - Care funds not subject to tax.
Section 58-17-9 - Compliance with law required.
Section 58-17-10 - Registration with director.
Section 58-17-11 - Deposit or bond of endowed care cemeteries.
Section 58-17-12 - Display of signs.
Section 58-17-13 - Enforcement of provisions of act by director.
Section 58-17-14 - Proceedings in case of law violations.
Section 58-17-15 - Disposition of care funds upon dissolution.
Section 58-17-16 - Violations; punishment.
Section 58-17-18 - Establishing a cemetery authority.
Section 58-17-19 - Transfer of ownership.
Section 58-17-20 - Denial, suspension or revocation of registration.