A. After a period of seventy-five (75) years since the last recorded activity on a burial space, as defined by the Perpetual Care Fund Act, and after a reasonable search for heirs and beneficiaries, an unused burial site shall be abandoned and the right of ownership in the burial site shall revert to the private […]
Every cemetery in this state shall have the power to establish and impose reasonable charges for the burial of persons in the cemetery, unless prohibited by law. Failure to pay such charges shall be a misdemeanor and upon conviction be punishable by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more […]
Any cemetery organized or controlled by any fraternal organization or church society or congregation shall be managed and controlled as provided by its rules and bylaws. R.L.1910, § 381.
This Act shall be known and cited as “The Burial Association Act.” Laws 1953, p. 129, § 1.
The following terms as used in this act are defined as follows: 1. “Burial association” or “association” when used without limitation or qualification, shall mean an association, whether incorporated or nonincorporated, licensed pursuant to this act or which is otherwise subject to the provisions of this act; and 2. “Board” shall mean the Oklahoma State […]
A. The State Burial Board is hereby abolished. All powers, duties, responsibilities, property, personnel, assets, liabilities, fund balances, encumbrances and obligations of the State Burial Board are hereby transferred to the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. All references made in the Oklahoma Statutes to the State Burial Board shall mean the State Board […]
A. There is hereby created a fund to be known as the “State Burial Board Administration and Enforcement Fund,” and all fees received by the Board under the provisions of this act shall be paid to the Board and shall by it be deposited to the credit of such Fund. The Board shall have the […]
That all burial associations now operating or that may be hereafter organized, as incorporated or nonincorporated associations, which are nonprofit sharing in their operations and pay no fees or salaries to any of their officers and have no capital stock and which comply with the provisions of this act shall be exempt from the operations […]
No burial association shall invest its trust funds except in bonds and securities which are the direct obligations of the United States or in cash deposits in regularly established national or state banks. Laws 1953, p. 131, § 6.
(a) No burial association shall transact any business until the Board has issued a formal license authorizing it to do so, which license shall not issue until it is satisfied that the association has complied with the provisions of this act. Licenses issued to such association shall authorize the association to do business in this […]
(a) Any burial association may issue a burial agreement containing burial benefits not exceeding twice the burial benefits provided in the Articles of Agreement as specified in Section 5 of this act, by charging and levying twice the membership fee and assessments specified therein. (b) No burial association licensed pursuant to the provisions of this […]
The treasurer of every burial association, who shall be the custodian of the funds of the association, shall file with the Oklahoma State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors a bond, in the form prescribed by the Board, running in the favor of the State of Oklahoma, executed by an insurance company authorized to do […]
The Board shall have the authority, after a hearing held, to issue an order directing the officers of an association to reimburse the trust fund for any withdrawal therefrom when the Board finds that the officers have wrongfully paid a claim or have otherwise wrongfully disbursed funds from the trust fund. Laws 1953, p. 132, […]
Whenever the Board deems it necessary or advisable, and at least once in each year, it shall examine, through its authorized representative each burial association and thoroughly inspect and examine its financial condition, whether it has complied with the provisions of the law and any other facts relative to its business methods, management, and the […]
No association and no director, trustee, officer, agent, employee, solicitor, or other representative thereof, or any other person, shall make, issue, circulate, or cause or permit to be made, issued, or circulated, a statement of any sort misrepresenting the terms, conditions or character of any agreement issued by it or the benefits or advantages promised […]
Discrimination between members of the same class in the amount of assessments, dues, and fees charged for or on any agreement, or in any benefits payable thereon, or in any of the terms or conditions of such agreement, or in any manner whatsoever is prohibited. This Act shall not prohibit different assessments, dues, fees or […]
Every burial association doing business in the State of Oklahoma under the provisions of Sections 201 et seq. of this title shall, annually, on or before the last day of June, report under oath of the president and secretary of said association to the Oklahoma State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, the total income, […]
If the Board is of the opinion upon examination or from other evidence, that any burial association: (1) is in an insolvent condition in that it fails and is unable to provide any burial benefit in accordance with the terms and conditions of its burial agreement, or (2) has not complied with its articles of […]
No person or party other than the Oklahoma State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors may appear in the courts of this state requesting the appointment of a receiver of a burial association. Laws 1953, p. 134, § 16; Laws 1992, c. 147, § 8, eff. July 1, 1992.
(a) No burial association shall merge, consolidate, or reinsure all of its business with another burial association, except with the approval of the Oklahoma State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. (b) A copy of the agreement or document effecting such merger, consolidation, or reinsurance shall be filed with the Oklahoma State Board of Embalmers […]
