Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 16-329

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

No cemetery corporation shall enter into any preneed merchandise contract until such corporation has filed with the secretary of state a notification of its intention to sell and engage in such preneed merchandise contracts. Such notice shall include the name of the cemetery corporation, its principal place of business and the name and address of the trustee or trustees to be utilized under the provisions of this act.

Accounting records and information required by this act shall be maintained in a form and manner approved by the secretary of state. A report of the merchandise trust fund shall be required as part of the corporation’s quarterly report on a form provided or approved by the secretary of state.