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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58614</law_id><section_number>54.1-2333</section_number><catch_line>Financial report and report of independent certified public accountant required for preneed trust accounts</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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> The <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> shall report the following information to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> within four months following the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span>&#x2019;s fiscal year, on forms prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>: <a id="paragraph-214808" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2333/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The total amount of principal in the <span class="dictionary">preneed</span> trust account; <a id="paragraph-214809" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2333/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The securities in which the <span class="dictionary">preneed</span> trust account is invested; <a id="paragraph-214810" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2333/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The income received from the trust and the source of that income during the preceding fiscal year; <a id="paragraph-214811" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2333/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> An <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> executed by the <span class="dictionary">compliance agent</span> that all provisions of this chapter applicable to the <span class="dictionary">seller</span> relating to <span class="dictionary">preneed</span> trust accounts have been complied with; <a id="paragraph-214812" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2333/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Forty percent of the total receipts required to be deposited in the <span class="dictionary">preneed</span> trust account; <a id="paragraph-214813" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2333/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> All expenditures from the <span class="dictionary">preneed</span> trust account; and <a id="paragraph-214814" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2333/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> If the trustee is other than a Virginia trust company or trust subsidiary or a federally insured bank or savings institution doing business in the Commonwealth, proof that the required fidelity <span class="dictionary">bond</span> has been secured and that it is in effect. <a id="paragraph-214815" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2333/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> shall (i) engage an independent certified public accountant to apply agreed-upon procedures as specified by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> to the total of all receipts subject to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Deposit in preneed trust required upon sale of property or services not to be delivered within 120 days" href="/54.1-2325/">54.1-2325</a>, in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or any successor standard authorities, and (ii) provide to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> the independent certified public accountant&#x2019;s report on the agreed-upon procedures.
			The information provided by the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> shall provide full disclosure of any transactions between the <span class="dictionary">preneed</span> trust account and any directors, officers, stockholders, or employees of the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span>, or relatives of the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span>&#x2019;s employees, and shall include a description of the transactions, the parties involved, the dates and amounts of the transactions, and the reasons for the transactions. <a id="paragraph-214816" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2333/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The information required to be filed hereunder with the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall be exempt from the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title; findings; principles of information practice" href="/2.2-3800/">2.2-3800</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-214817" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2333/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1998, cc. 708, 721; 2000, c. 36; 2004, c. 247; 2015, c. 344.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
