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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="5-709" title_number="5" title_name="Cemeteries" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Preneed Burial Contracts">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A buyer may cancel a preneed burial contract as to preneed goods not delivered or preneed services not performed if the buyer:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>permanently moves more than 75 miles from the cemetery specified in the preneed burial contract; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>gives to the seller written notice, under oath, of the move and includes the buyer’s new permanent address.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In that event:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the seller shall certify to the trustee:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the cancellation of the preneed burial contract;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the amount of the remaining specific funds applicable to the preneed burial contract; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the name and address of the buyer; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the trustee shall then pay to the buyer the remaining specific funds, accrued interest on the specific funds, and a prorated proportional share of total realized capital gains attributable to the specific funds.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, by written notice, a buyer may cancel the purchase of a casket or casket vault under a preneed burial contract at any time prior to the time the buyer needs the casket or casket vault for burial.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In that event:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the seller shall certify to the trustee:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the cancellation of the purchase of the casket or casket vault under the preneed burial contract;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the amount of the specific funds applicable to the casket or casket vault under the preneed burial contract; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the name and address of the buyer;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the trustee shall pay to the buyer the specific funds, interest accrued on the specific funds, and a prorated proportional share of total realized capital gains attributable to the specific funds; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>in addition to the refund paid by the trustee, the seller shall pay to the buyer an amount of money necessary to provide the buyer with a refund of 100% of the money paid for the casket or casket vault under the preneed burial contract.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a buyer fails to provide written notice of cancellation and defaults on a preneed burial contract and, as a result, the seller terminates the preneed burial contract:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the seller shall certify to the trustee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the default and termination of the preneed burial contract;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the amount of the specific funds; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the reasonable expenses of the seller; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the trustee shall then pay:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to the buyer, those specific funds, accrued interest on the specific funds, and a prorated proportional share of total realized capital gains attributable to the specific funds, less the reasonable expenses of the seller; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to the seller, the reasonable expenses of the seller.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If specific funds on deposit in a trust account have been dormant for at least 50 years since the date of the last deposit or disbursement and the seller cannot locate the buyer:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the seller shall certify to the trustee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>that the trust account is dormant and the buyer cannot be located; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the amount of the specific funds; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the trustee shall then pay to the seller those specific funds, accrued interest on the specific funds, and a prorated proportional share of total realized capital gains attributable to the specific funds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
