(a) Upon performance of the preneed cemetery company contract, the seller shall certify to the trustee by affidavit the amount of specific funds in the trust, identified with the contract performed, which the trustee shall pay to the seller. The seller may in its records itemize the property, goods or services and the consideration paid or to be paid therefor, to which the deposit requirements of this article apply. In such case the seller may, upon certification to the trustee of performance or delivery of such property, goods or services and of the amount of specific trust funds identified in its records with such items, request disbursement of that portion of the specific funds deposited pursuant to the contract, which the trustee shall pay to the seller.
(b) If the preneed contract provides for two or more persons, the seller may, at its option, designate in its records the consideration paid for each individual in the preneed cemetery company contract. In such case, upon performance of that portion of the contract identified with a particular individual, the seller may request, by certification in the manner described above, the disbursement of trust funds applicable to that portion of the contract, which the trustee shall pay to the seller.
(c) Any cemetery company that sells space in an unconstructed mausoleum must commence construction within seven years from the date of the first sale or when eighty percent of the spaces in the original mausoleum plan are sold, whichever occurs first.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 35. Property of Religious, Educational and Charitable Organizations
Article 5B. Preneed Cemetery Company Property, Goods and Services; Related Contracts
§35-5B-2. Information Filing; Fees, Compliance Agent
§35-5B-4. Deposit in Preneed Trust Required; Who May Serve as Trustee
§35-5B-5. Requirements for Preneed Cemetery Company Contracts
§35-5B-6. Identification of Funds
§35-5B-7. Corpus of Trust Account and Income to Remain in Preneed Trust Account; Exception
§35-5B-8. Disbursement of Trust Funds Upon Performance of Contract; Mausoleum Construction Required
§35-5B-9. Seller Required to Keep Records
§35-5B-10. Financial Report and Written Assurance Required
§35-5B-11. Inclusion of Property, Goods and Services to Be Delivered Within One Hundred Twenty Days
§35-5B-12. Breach of Contract by Seller; Trust to Be Single Purpose Trust
§35-5B-13. Trustee May Rely on Certifications and Affidavits
§35-5B-14. Transfer of Trust Funds to Another Trustee
§35-5B-15. Use of Trustee's Name in Advertisements
§35-5B-16. Cemetery Property Maintained by Cemetery Company
§35-5B-17. Waiver of Article Void