Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 19. MORTICIANS AND FUNERAL SERVICES

Part 8. Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries -- Trusts

Records Required

37-19-823. Records required. (1) A cemetery company shall make and keep accounts and records confirming that the cemetery company has made the required contributions to its perpetual care and maintenance fund. The burden is on the cemetery company to maintain the accounts and records.

(2) All sales contracts and deeds, unless otherwise authorized by the board, issued by a cemetery company must be numbered prior to their execution by the cemetery company and must contain those items the board prescribes by rule.

(3) A mortuary, branch establishment, or crematory shall make and keep accounts and records confirming that the money paid pursuant to a contract for a prearranged funeral or related service has been put in trust for the purposes for which the money was paid.

History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 52, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 49, L. 2019.