Tennessee § 62-5-401 - Short title.
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§ 62-5-401. Short title.
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Prepaid Funeral Benefits Act.” Acts 2007, ch. 592, § 2. Compiler's Notes. Former part 4, §§ 62-5-401 — 62-5-409 (Acts 1963, ch. 316, §§ 1-8; 1965, ch. 185, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, §§ 1, 2; 1972, ch. 553, § 5; 1981, ch. 121, §§ 1-10; 1981, ch. 416, § 5; T.C.A., §§ 62-528 — 62-535; Acts 1985, ch. 230, §§ 1-9; 1985, ch. 231, § 1, 1986, ch. 825, § 1; 1986, ch. 925, §§ 1, 2; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1992, ch. 922, §§ 8-10; 1996, ch. 958, § 2, 1997, ch. 400, §§ 1, 2), concerning contracts for future services, was repealed by Acts 2007, ch. 297, § 1, effective January 1, 2008. Cross-References. Cemeteries, title 46. Fraud as to pre-need sales contracts, § 46-1-308 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 5 Tenn. Juris., Cemeteries, § 9; 15 Tenn. Juris., §§ 4, 16. Law Reviews. Preneed Funeral Contracts in Tennessee, 11 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 231. Attorney General Opinions. Contracts for the sale of burial vaults, OAG 96-017, 1996 Tenn. AG LEXIS 20 (2/15/96). Sellers of pre-need funeral contracts, which are funded by a trust or trusts established by the seller, may not combine their individual pre-need trusts with other Tennessee sellers of pre-need funeral contracts to create a single statewide funeral trust. OAG 13-42, 2013 Tenn. AG LEXIS 44 (6/4/13).
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