Hawaii Revised Statutes 441-20 – License required to act as cemetery or pre-need funeral authority
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 441-20
- Cemetery: means any property, or part interest therein, dedicated to and used or intended to be used for the permanent interment of human remains. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 441-1
- Cemetery authority: means any person who undertakes to establish, maintain, manage, operate, improve, or conduct a cemetery to inter human remains; or offers perpetual care of the cemetery; or sells or holds money in trust for pre-need interment services, whether or not the person undertakes such activity for profit; provided that this shall not apply to the designated trustee of the funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 441-1
- Director: means the director of the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 441-1
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, county, association, or any other group however organized. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 441-1
- Pre-need funeral authority: means any person who is engaged in the business of selling pre-need funeral services, or holds money in trust to provide for future funeral services; provided that this shall not apply to the designated trustee of the funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 441-1
No person shall act as a cemetery or pre-need funeral authority without a license previously issued by the director in compliance with this chapter and the rules of the director; provided that the director shall exempt any cemetery authority upon its proof satisfactory to the director that it will not make any additional interments.