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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78778</law_id><section_number>54.1-2325</section_number><catch_line>Deposit in preneed trust required upon sale of property or services not to be delivered within 120 days</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-2310</reference><reference>54.1-2328</reference><reference>54.1-2333</reference><reference>54.1-2341</reference><reference>54.1-2342</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="23.1">Cemetery Operators, Perpetual Care Trust Funds and Preneed Burial Contracts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> shall deposit into a trust fund at least forty percent of the receipts from the sale of property or services purchased pursuant to a <span class="dictionary">preneed burial contract</span>, when the delivery thereof will be delayed more than 120 days from the initial payment on said contract. The <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> shall establish a special trust fund in a Virginia trust company or trust subsidiary or a federally insured bank or savings institution doing business in the Commonwealth. The trust shall bear the legend &#x201C;Preneed Trust Account.&#x201D; Deposits are required to be made by the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> within thirty days after the close of the month in which said receipts are paid to it. <a id="paragraph-282244" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2325/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the purchaser&#x2019;s payment is made on an installment or deferred payment basis, the <span class="dictionary">seller</span> shall have the option of paying each payment received into the preneed trust account. <a id="paragraph-282245" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2325/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1998, cc. 708, 721.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
