ARTICLE 9. Preneed Funeral Arrangements [7735. - 7746.]
Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1414.
§§ 7735–7746 · 17 sections
- § 7735 No funeral establishment licensed under the laws of the State of California, or the agents or employees of a funeral establishment, shall enter into or solicit…
- § 7735.5 The preneed funeral arrangement contract shall clearly state if benefits are unavailable or limited for any reason.
- § 7736 For the purposes of this article the term “trustee” shall mean any banking institution or trust company legally authorized and empowered by the State of…
- § 7737 (a) All securities purchased by the trustor for deposit in trust and all money received from the trustor for deposit in trust shall be placed in trust with a…
- § 7737.1 (a) (1) For purposes of Section 7737, a funeral establishment that intends to cease engaging in business operations, as authorized under this chapter, by…
- § 7737.2 (a) The bureau shall create, and post on its internet website, the forms required by Section 7737.1 by January 1, 2023. (b) The bureau shall adopt and post on…
- § 7737.3 All commingled preneed trust funds held by a funeral establishment shall be subject to an annual, independent certified financial audit with a copy of the…
- § 7737.5 A trustee may deposit the corpus of the trust in any financial institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
- § 7737.7 A trustee may deposit the corpus of the trust in any credit union which is insured by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.
- § 7738 A licensed funeral establishment that is also a licensed cemetery authority shall not deposit any money or securities received in connection with preneed…
- § 7739 Any person willfully violating the provisions of this article or any of them shall be punishable either by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not…
- § 7740 The bureau is authorized to enforce of its own initiative the provisions of this article and may adopt such rules and regulations as in its opinion may be…
- § 7740.5 A funeral establishment shall pay to the bureau the fee fixed by this chapter for filing with the bureau any report on preneed trust funds required by rules…
- § 7741 Nothing in this article shall apply to cemetery property; cemetery commodities; cemetery service; or merchandise that is delivered as soon as paid for.
- § 7742 Nothing in this article shall apply to any arrangement, contract, or plan for the issuance of securities now or hereafter authorized under a permit of the…
- § 7745 Every funeral establishment shall present to the survivor of the deceased who is handling the funeral arrangements or the responsible party a copy of any…
- § 7746 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a funeral establishment that is otherwise exempt from the requirement of filing an annual preneed trust report…