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Indiana Code Title 23. Business and Other Associations § 23-14-48-7

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 7. (a) Not more than ninety (90) days after the end of the fiscal year of a cemetery to which this chapter applies, the custodian or trustee of the perpetual care fund of the cemetery shall prepare and file with the owner of the cemetery a detailed accounting and report of the perpetual care fund for the preceding fiscal year.  The report:

(1) must include, among other things, a properly itemized listing of the securities in which the funds are invested;  and

(2) shall be available for inspection and copying at all times by any owner of or holder of a burial right in the cemetery at the usual place at which the regular business of the cemetery is transacted.

(b) Not more than one hundred five (105) days after the end of the fiscal year of a cemetery to which this chapter applies, the trustee of the perpetual care fund of the cemetery shall file the report required under subsection (a) with the state board of funeral and cemetery service.

(c) The state board of funeral and cemetery service may audit or order an audit of the perpetual care fund of a cemetery if the state board of funeral and cemetery service determines that the trustee of the perpetual care fund is not complying with the requirements set forth in subsections (a) and (b).  The cemetery that is the subject of the audit shall pay all costs associated with the audit.

(d) The owner of a cemetery shall maintain a report required by this section for the longer of:

(1) ten (10) years;  or

(2) three (3) years after the date the owner sells or otherwise transfers the cemetery.

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