{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-19-827","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-19-827","heading":"Contract for prearranged funeral plan or related services -- trust requirement -- interest -- exception.","body":"(1) Prearranged funeral or related services may be presented, negotiated, and sold to the public only by a licensed mortician.\n(2) Except as provided in subsection (5), all money paid pursuant to a contract for a prearranged funeral or related services must be held in trust for the purposes for which the money was furnished until the obligations of a mortuary, a branch establishment, a crematory, a cemetery firm, or a mausoleum-columbarium corporation have been:\n(a) fulfilled according to the terms of the contract; or\n(b) terminated, by mutual consent of the parties, and the money is refunded to the proper party.\n(3) Any interest accrued by money in a trust must be held in the trust and is subject to the terms of the trust agreement and the rules of the board.\n(4) The board may require a mortuary, a branch establishment, or a crematory to provide an accounting or audit of the funds held in trust.\n(5) Money paid for the purchase of a lot, grave space, mausoleum, crypt, niche, or burial right or part of a lot or grave space is not subject to the trust requirements of this section if title passes to the purchaser at the time that the payment is made.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 19. MORTICIANS AND FUNERAL SERVICES","Part 8. Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries -- Trusts"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0190/part_0080/section_0270/0370-0190-0080-0270.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:56Z","sha256":"49181e8c113816f8decddb6208893ea9eaf0f3bcdd337dc4b75c4ded843c9f99","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-19-826","next":"us-mt/37-19-828"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}