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Ark. Code Ann. § 23-78-101

Definitions

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Guaranty National Insurance v. Denver Roller, Inc. (1993)

Most recently applied in Guaranty National Insurance v. Denver Roller, Inc. (May 1993)

Acts 1953, No. 91, §§ 1, 2; 1985, No. 679, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 66-1801, 66-1802; Acts 2017, No. 788, § 67.

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Association” or “burial association” means: Any person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, company, or other organization which, from and after February 18, 1953: Undertakes for consideration paid by or on behalf of its members to defray all or a part of the funeral expenses of the members;

(2) Furnishes or undertakes to furnish merchandise, supplies, and services or any other character of burial benefits to the members; or

(3) Issues a certificate which provides for the payment of funeral benefits to the members in services, merchandise, or supplies, including the services of funeral directors and embalmers; and

(4) Every person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, or company which, prior to February 18, 1953, has: Undertaken for a consideration to pay money to its contributors for the purposes of defraying all or part of the funeral expenses of a deceased person;

(5) Furnished or has undertaken to furnish supplies and services or any other character of burial benefits to the contributing person or to his or her beneficiaries or members of his or her family; or

(6) Issued any form of contract or certificate which, under its terms, provides for the payment of funeral benefits in money, services, or supplies, including the services of undertakers or embalmers; and

(7) [Repealed.]

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.