Arkansas Code Title 23, Subtitle 3, Chapter 78 - Burial Associations

• § 23-78-101 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Association" or "burial association" means: (A) Any person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, company, or other organization which, from...
• § 23-78-102 - Applicability.
  (a) All burial associations organized or operating in the State of Arkansas as of February 18, 1953, shall be deemed in all respects to...
• § 23-78-103 - Chapter Exclusive Authority.
  (a) This chapter shall be deemed and held exclusive authority for the organization and operation of burial associations within this state, and the associations...
• § 23-78-104 - Penalty.
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, company, or other organization to organize, operate, or in any way solicit...
• § 23-78-105 - Burial Association Board -- Creation -- Members.
  (a) There is created a Burial Association Board consisting of the following members who shall be appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by...
• § 23-78-106 - Burial Association Board -- Proceedings.
  (a) (1) The members of the Burial Association Board shall first meet within five (5) days subsequent to their appointment and elect one (1)...
• § 23-78-107 - Burial Association Board -- Office and Employees.
  (a) (1) The Burial Association Board shall rent or otherwise acquire suitable quarters for an office and employ and fix the duties and the...
• § 23-78-108 - Burial Association Board -- Powers and Duties.
  (a) The Burial Association Board appointed pursuant to this chapter shall have full and complete authority to: (1) Grant certificates of authority to burial...
• § 23-78-109 - Burial Associations Under Authority, Supervision, and Control of Board.
  All burial associations organized or operating in the State of Arkansas shall be under the authority, supervision, and control of the Burial Association Board.
• § 23-78-110 - Certificate of Authority.
  (a) Applications for a certificate of authority shall be on forms furnished by the Burial Association Board, and no burial association shall begin operation...
• § 23-78-111 - Fees -- Oath At Payment.
  (a) (1) In order to meet the expense of supervision and of carrying out the other provisions of this chapter, the Burial Association Board...
• § 23-78-112 - Certificate for Benefits -- Issuance.
  (a) No burial association shall issue a certificate for benefits for any member in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), and no...
• § 23-78-113 - Agent's License Required.
  (a) Before any agent or representative shall or may represent any burial association in this state, he or she shall first apply to the...
• § 23-78-114 - False Claim, Promise, or Representation of Agent.
  Any burial association official or agent or any representative of a burial association who for the purpose of inducing a member of one (1)...
• § 23-78-115 - Rules and Bylaws.
  All burial associations shall have and maintain rules and bylaws in such form and with such contents as shall be prescribed by the Burial...
• § 23-78-116 - Membership Dues and Assessments.
  (a) From and after February 18, 1953, no burial association organized or operating in this state shall issue any certificate providing benefits for a...
• § 23-78-117 - Books, Records, Accounts, and Documents -- Inspection and Audit.
  (a) The books, records, accounts, and documents of all burial associations organized or operating in this state shall at all times be open for...
• § 23-78-118 - Books -- False Entries Prohibited.
  Any person or burial association official who knowingly makes or allows to be made any false entry on the books of the association with...
• § 23-78-119 - Records -- Failure to Maintain.
  (a) Any burial association secretary or secretary-treasurer who fails to maintain records to the minimum standards required by the Burial Association Board shall be...
• § 23-78-120 - Semiannual Reports.
  (a) (1) Using forms provided by the Burial Association Board, each burial association or society licensed in this state shall file a semiannual report...
• § 23-78-121 - Rules and Regulations.
  The Burial Association Board shall make and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the administration of the provisions of this chapter and for the...
• § 23-78-122 - Disposition of Collections.
  (a) (1) (A) Seventy-five percent (75%) of the collections of any burial association or society shall be solely for the payment of benefits provided...
• § 23-78-123 - Disposition of Fees and Charges.
  (a) (1) All fees and charges collected by the Burial Association Board under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in insured banks...
• § 23-78-124 - Revocation of Certificate, License, Charter, Etc. -- Hearing.
  (a) Before revoking any certificate of authority or license granted under the provisions of this chapter or any charter or other authority granted to...
• § 23-78-125 - Revocation of Certificate, License, Charter, Etc. -- Appeal.
  (a) Upon the revocation of any certificate of authority, charter, or other authority by the Burial Association Board under any of the provisions of...
• § 23-78-126 - Plan for Excess Financial Resources -- Approval Required.
  (a) A burial association that has excess financial resources, as determined by the Burial Association Board, may request that the board approve a plan...

Last modified: November 15, 2016