Alabama § 34-13-116 - Penalty for Failure to Register.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 34-13-116 — Penalty for Failure to Register., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-13-116. Penalty for Failure to Register.
Any person, firm, partnership, society, group, or corporation who has control of a funeral home, mortuary, chapel, funeral establishment, crematory, or mortuary service and fails to register same according to this chapter, upon conviction, may be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation, and each day that the funeral home, mortuary, chapel, funeral establishment, crematory, or mortuary service is operated shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct violation of this chapter.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Code of Alabama § 34-13-116 cover?
Section 34-13-116 ("Penalty for Failure to Register.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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