A. Each prearranged funeral agreement funded by trust shall contain the following conspicuous notice that shall be initialed by the purchaser:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1391.09

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Beneficiary: means a person whose future funeral arrangements will be handled by a funeral establishment pursuant to a prearranged funeral agreement. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Crematory: means a building or portion of a building that is licensed pursuant to article 6 of this chapter and that houses a retort in which only human remains are cremated. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Financial institution: means a bank, savings and loan association, trust company or credit union that is lawfully doing business in this state and that is not affiliated with a funeral establishment. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Fixed price prearranged funeral agreement funded by trust: means any agreement or combination of agreements that establishes a fixed price for funeral goods and services, that requires a funeral establishment to provide those funeral goods and services at the price levels in effect at the time of the execution of the agreement and that requires the purchaser to convey all or a portion of the accrued interest to the funeral establishment at the time that the funeral goods and services are actually provided. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Funeral establishment: means a business at a specific location that is licensed pursuant to this chapter and that is devoted to the care, storage or preparation for final disposition or transportation of dead human bodies. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Person legally responsible: means the person responsible for burying a dead body as determined in section 36-831. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Prearranged funeral agreement: means any agreement or combination of agreements under which a payment is made before the death of the intended beneficiary for funeral goods and services to be delivered or performed after the death of the beneficiary. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Prearranged funeral trust account: means a trust account that is established at a financial institution and into which all monies paid on behalf of a beneficiary pursuant to a prearranged funeral agreement are deposited. See Arizona Laws 32-1301
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trust funds: means all monies that are deposited on behalf of a beneficiary of a prearranged funeral agreement funded by trust and all accrued net interest. See Arizona Laws 32-1301

Notice to Purchaser

This prearranged funeral agreement is for the future funeral arrangements of (name of beneficiary) . The payments you make under this prearranged funeral agreement will be deposited in trust account number ____________ at the (office or branch) of the  (name of financial institution) . Written notice will be mailed to you if this prearranged funeral trust account is transferred to another financial institution. That notice will include the name and location of the financial institution and the new prearranged funeral trust account number. The total monies intended to be deposited in this prearranged funeral trust account over the term of the agreement is $______________. An initial service fee of $________ has been charged which will be paid to this funeral establishment. If this prearranged funeral agreement is canceled, any portion of the initial service fee that has not been paid under the prearranged funeral agreement is no longer due and payable to the funeral establishment. An annual service fee of ________% of the annual accrued interest on the funds in the prearranged funeral trust account will also be charged for administrative and accounting expenses. If you wish to cancel this agreement, you must give the funeral establishment a written request to cancel before the trust funds will be refunded. If you cancel this prearranged funeral agreement within three business days after signing this prearranged funeral agreement, all monies paid, including all service fees, will be refunded to you. If remaining trust funds exist after performance of this prearranged funeral agreement, those funds will be refunded to the estate of the beneficiary. The prices of the funeral goods and services you have requested will be the prices in effect at the time of the future funeral arrangements.

Purchaser initials:________

B. A prearranged funeral agreement shall specifically itemize the funeral goods and services to be provided under the prearranged funeral agreement and any funeral, burial, cemetery or crematory expenses that are not covered under the prearranged funeral agreement.

C. Each fixed price prearranged funeral agreement funded by trust shall contain the following additional conspicuous notice that shall be initialed by the purchaser:

Fixed Price Contract Notice

This funeral establishment has agreed to charge you the prices listed in this prearranged funeral agreement for the funeral goods and services you have selected for the future funeral arrangements of (name of beneficiary) . However, you should note that this prearranged funeral agreement may be in effect for many years and that future events may affect our ability to honor this prearranged funeral agreement at the time of the funeral arrangements. If a funeral item is no longer manufactured or available at the time of the funeral arrangements, a substantially equivalent item acceptable to the person designated on this prearranged funeral agreement will be substituted. This prearranged funeral agreement should not be considered as insurance. You have agreed that the funeral establishment shall receive ________% of all interest accruing on the trust fund if it performs the future funeral arrangements as required by this prearranged funeral agreement. If the funeral establishment does not honor this prearranged funeral agreement, you may have legal remedies available to enforce this contract at the price you agreed to pay.

Purchaser initials:________

D. A fixed price prearranged funeral agreement funded by trust shall specifically itemize the funeral goods and services to be provided under the prearranged funeral agreement, the current prices to be charged for the funeral goods and services at the time of the future funeral arrangements and any burial, cemetery or crematory expenses that are not covered under the prearranged funeral agreement. If certain funeral goods to be provided under the prearranged funeral agreement are not manufactured or supplied at the time of the funeral arrangements, the funeral establishment shall provide substantially equivalent funeral goods that are acceptable to the person designated on the prearranged funeral agreement or the person legally responsible for final disposition of the beneficiary‘s remains. If any of these persons are unavailable, the substitution of funeral goods shall be determined by rules established by the department. A funeral establishment shall not represent or imply that the agreed to prices are guaranteed, frozen or otherwise an absolute economic certainty in the future. If a funeral establishment specifies the prices to be charged pursuant to this subsection, it shall delete the last sentence of the notice required by subsection A from the prearranged funeral agreement.

E. A prearranged funeral agreement funded by trust shall contain all terms of the prearranged funeral trust account agreement with the financial institution.

F. Each funeral establishment shall provide a copy of:

1. The prearranged funeral agreement for retention to each person who enters into a prearranged funeral agreement.

2. The funeral establishment’s current price list for retention to each person who inquires about or is solicited regarding a prearranged funeral agreement.