Oklahoma § 36-6124.2 - Application for change of name of a prepaid funeral

§ 36-6124.2. Application for change of name of a prepaid funeral

benefit permit holder.

A. No organization shall change the name under which it sells

prepaid funeral benefits except as provided in this section. The

organization shall obtain approval from the Insurance Commissioner

at least thirty (30) days prior to changing the name of the permit

holder. The application for change of name shall be in the manner

and form prescribed by the Insurance Commissioner and shall contain,

at a minimum, the following information:

1. The name of the organization as it currently appears on its

permit;

2. The proposed new name of the organization;

3. The proposed date the name change will become effective;

4. The business address of the organization; and

5. The organization's primary email address.

B. The Insurance Commissioner may deny the organization's

change of name upon good cause shown.

C. Upon approval of a change of name, the Insurance

Commissioner shall issue a prepaid funeral benefit permit with the

new name.

D. Every organization shall display in a conspicuous place at

all times on the premises of the organization all permits issued

pursuant to the provisions of this act. No organization may consent

to or allow the use or display of the permit by a person other than

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the persons authorized to represent the organization in contracting

prepaid funeral benefits.

E. The Insurance Commissioner may promulgate rules concerning

matters incidental to this section.

F. Organizations shall not conduct prepaid funeral benefit

business under any name or at a different business address other

than that specified in the permit.

Added by Laws 2021, c. 478, § 30, emerg. eff. May 12, 2021. Amended

by Laws 2025, c. 55, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.