Terms Used In Missouri Laws 436.510

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

If a seller shall fail to make timely payment of an amount due a purchaser or a provider under the provisions of sections 436.400 to 436.520, the purchaser or provider, as appropriate, shall have the right, in addition to other rights and remedies against such seller, to make demand upon the trustee of the preneed trust for the contract to distribute to the purchaser or provider from the trust, as damages, an amount equal to all deposits made into the trust for the contract.