CHAPTER 743c
FUNERAL SERVICE CONTRACTS
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Sec. 42-200. Funeral service contract defined.
Sec. 42-201. Funeral service contracts limited to licensed firms and persons.
Sec. 42-205. Funeral service contract not a burial insurance policy.
Sec. 42-206a. Arranging, promoting or selling funeral service contract with intent to defraud.
Sec. 42-206b. Intentional deprivation of services, property or merchandise under funeral service contract.
Sec. 42-206c. Limitation on prosecution.
Sec. 42-200. Funeral service contract defined. For the purposes of this section
and sections 42-201 to 42-206c, inclusive, "funeral service contract" means a contract
which requires the payment of money or the delivery of securities in exchange for the
final disposition of a dead human body, including funeral, burial or other services, or
the furnishing of personal property or funeral merchandise in connection with any such
disposition, wherein the use or delivery of such services, property or merchandise is not
required immediately.
(P.A. 85-376, S. 1; P.A. 05-248, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 05-248 replaced reference to Sec. 42-206 with Sec. 42-206c and made a technical change.
Sec. 42-201. Funeral service contracts limited to licensed firms and persons.
No person, firm or corporation shall enter into a funeral service contract to provide such
services, property or merchandise unless such person, firm or corporation is licensed
in accordance with the provisions of chapter 385. No person may arrange, promote or
sell any funeral service contract on behalf of a funeral service establishment unless such
person is an embalmer or funeral director licensed in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 385. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 85-376, S. 2; P.A. 05-248, S. 3.)
History:. P.A. 05-248 added provision making violation of section a class A misdemeanor.
Sec. 42-205. Funeral service contract not a burial insurance policy. A funeral
service contract shall not be deemed a burial insurance policy under section 38a-464.
(P.A. 85-376, S. 6; P.A. 05-288, S. 146.)
History: P.A. 05-288 made a technical change, effective July 13, 2005.
Sec. 42-206a. Arranging, promoting or selling funeral service contract with
intent to defraud. Any person who arranges, promotes or sells a funeral service contract
with the intent to defraud another person shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(P.A. 05-248, S. 4.)
Sec. 42-206b. Intentional deprivation of services, property or merchandise
under funeral service contract. Any person who enters into a funeral service contract
and intentionally deprives the beneficiary of such contract or the estate or heirs of such
beneficiary of the services, personal property or merchandise contracted for shall be
guilty of a class D felony.
(P.A. 05-248, S. 5.)
Sec. 42-206c. Limitation on prosecution. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 54-193, no person may be prosecuted for an offense under section 42-206a or 42-206b except within five years from the date of death of the beneficiary of the funeral
service contract or within five years from the date the victim notifies any police officer
or state's attorney acting in such police officer's or state's attorney's official capacity
of the commission of such offense, whichever is earlier.
(P.A. 05-248, S. 6.)