Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 35. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

CHAPTER 21. MAUSOLEUM AND COLUMBARIUM AUTHORITIES

Part 8. Mausoleum-Columbarium Authorities

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.