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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Alabama » Title 27 - Insurance. » Chapter 17A - Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Act. » Article 3 - Funeral Merchandise and Services Trust Fund.

Section 27-17A-30 – Applicability of Article.

Section 27-17A-30 Applicability of article. To comply with the trust requirement of subsection (a) of Section 27-17A-13, all certificate holders providing preneed contracts for funeral services or funeral merchandise shall be subject to this article. (Act 2002-74, p. 221, §1.)

Section 27-17A-32 – Rights of Seller; Powers and Duties of Trustee.

Section 27-17A-32 Rights of seller; powers and duties of trustee. (a) If amounts paid by the purchaser under a preneed contract for funeral merchandise have previously been deposited in trust, the seller may withdraw the principal amount and trust appreciation attributable to the delivered item at such time as the funeral merchandise is delivered or […]

Section 27-17A-33

Section 27-17A-33 Rights of purchaser; cancellation of contract; revocability. (a) A purchaser, by providing written notice to the certificate holder, may cancel a preneed contract within 30 days of the date that the contract was executed provided that the funeral merchandise and funeral services have not yet been used. Upon providing the notice, the purchaser […]

Section 27-17A-34 – Disbursement of Funds.

Section 27-17A-34 Disbursement of funds. (a) Disbursement of funds discharging any preneed contract for funeral services or funeral merchandise fulfilled after May 1, 2002, shall be made by the trustee to the certificate holder upon receipt by the trustee of a certification of the certificate holder that the preneed contract has been performed in whole […]