Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 68 Cemeteries, Morgues, And Human Remains - Chapter 68.46 Prearrangement Contracts

68.46.010 Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Prearrangement contract" means a contract for purchase of cemetery ...

68.46.020 Prearrangement trust funds -- Required
Any cemetery authority selling by prearrangement contracts any merchandise or services shall establish and maintain one or more prearrangement trust funds for the benefit of ...

68.46.030 Prearrangement trust funds -- Deposits -- Bond requirements
(1) For each prearrangement contract, a cemetery authority shall deposit the greater of the following amounts in its prearrangement trust fund: (a) For merchandise: (i) ...

68.46.040 Prearrangement trust funds -- Deposit of funds
All prearrangement trust funds shall be deposited in a public depository as defined by RCW 39.58.010, in a state or federally chartered credit union, or ...

68.46.050 Withdrawals from trust funds -- Notice of department of social and health services' claim
(1) A depository of prearrangement funds shall permit a cemetery authority to withdraw all funds deposited under any specific prearrangement contract plus interest accrued thereon, ...

68.46.055 Indebtedness limitations
No cemetery authority may enter into a retail contract for the purchase of debentures, shares, scrip, bonds, notes, or any instrument or evidence of indebtedness ...

68.46.060 Termination of contract by purchaser or beneficiary
Any purchaser or beneficiary may, upon written demand of any cemetery authority, demand that any prearrangement contract with such cemetery authority be terminated. In such ...

68.46.070 Involuntary termination of contract -- Refund
Prearrangement contracts shall terminate upon demand of the purchaser of the contract if the cemetery authority shall go out of business, become insolvent or bankrupt, ...

68.46.075 Inactive contracts -- Funds transfer -- Obligations
In the event the beneficiary of a prearrangement contract make[s] no claim within fifty years of the date of the contract for the merchandise and ...

68.46.080 Other use of trust funds prohibited
Prearrangement trust funds shall not be used in any way for the benefit of the cemetery authority or any director, officer, agent, or employee of ...

68.46.090 Financial reports -- Filing -- Verification
Any cemetery authority selling prearrangement merchandise or other prearrangement services shall file in its office and with the cemetery board a written report upon forms ...

68.46.100 Prearrangment contract requirements
Every prearrangement contract shall contain language which informs the purchaser of the prearrangement trust fund and the amount to be deposited in the prearrangement trust ...

68.46.110 Compliance required
No cemetery authority shall sell, offer to sell, or authorize the sale of cemetery merchandise or services or accept funds in payment of any prearrangement ...

68.46.125 Certain cemeteries exempt from chapter
This chapter does not apply to any cemetery controlled and operated by a coroner, county, city, town, or cemetery district.[1987 c 331 § 54.] ...

68.46.130 Exemptions from chapter granted by board
The cemetery board may grant an exemption from any or all of the requirements of this chapter relating to prearrangement contracts to any cemetery authority ...

68.46.160 Contract forms -- Filing
No cemetery authority shall use a prearrangement contract without first filing the form of such contract with the board: PROVIDED, That the board may order ...

68.46.170 Sales licenses -- Requirement
No cemetery authority shall enter into prearrangement contracts in this state unless the cemetery authority has obtained a prearrangement sales license issued by the board ...

68.46.175 Unconstructed crypts, etc., as part of contract -- Requirements
(1) A cemetery authority that enters into prearrangement contracts for the sale of unconstructed crypts, niches, or undeveloped property, or that conveys undeveloped property by ...

68.46.900 Effective date -- 1987 c 331
See RCW 68.05.900. ...