Who is regulated under the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act?
Companies and their employees who sell funeral or cemetery goods and services for which payment in full is made prior to actually using the purchased items by a person alive at the time the contract was signed. Companies which sell cemetery lots are also regulated under this Act. What is regulated? The sale of: 1) Pre-arranged Funeral Plans — the sale of funeral goods or services which includes the merchandise and/or services normally provided by a funeral home in the care and preparation of human remains for final disposition; 2) Pre-need Cemetery Plans — the sale of goods and services to be supplied by a cemetery or crematorium in conjunction with the burial or cremation of human remains, to a person alive at the time of sale for use in the future; and 3) Cemetery Lots — lots and niches sold by a cemetery for the burial of human remains or cremated human remains. Exemptions: Cemeteries owned by a city, town, municipality, district or church or one not formed for gain or profit are
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- We have burial property at Little Bethel Cemetery (or Laurel Land Cemetery). Can our family use Jaynes Memorial Chapel for the funeral services and still be buried in the cemetery of our choice?
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- Who is regulated under the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act?
