Connecticut § 38a-464 (Formerly Sec. 38-32). Burial contracts; license from Insurance Commissioner.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 38a-464 — (Formerly Sec. 38-32). Burial contracts; license from Insurance Commissioner.

Connecticut § 38a-464

Title 38aInsurance

Ch. 700bLife Insurance, Annuities, Burial Contracts and Life Settlements

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-464 (2026).

Text

A “burial contract” or “burial certificate”, within the meaning of this section, is any instrument in writing whereby any person, firm, corporation or association, in consideration of the payment of a specified sum of money or for any other valuable consideration, promises or agrees to embalm or inter or otherwise dispose of, or to procure the embalmment or interment or other disposal of, the remains of any person who is living at the time of the execution of such instrument. No person, firm, corporation or association shall transact the business of issuing burial contracts or burial certificates until such person, firm, corporation or association has procured from the commissioner a license to conduct such business under such regulations as the commissioner may prescribe in accordance wit

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A “burial contract” or “burial certificate”, within the meaning of this section, is any instrument in writing whereby any person, firm, corporation or association, in consideration of the payment of a specified sum of money or for any other valuable consideration, promises or agrees to embalm or inter or otherwise dispose of, or to procure the embalmment or interment or other disposal of, the remains of any person who is living at the time of the execution of such instrument. No person, firm, corporation or association shall transact the business of issuing burial contracts or burial certificates until such person, firm, corporation or association has procured from the commissioner a license to conduct such business under such regulations as the commissioner may prescribe in accordance with chapter 54. All the applicable provisions of the general statutes which pertain to and govern the issuance of policies of life insurance are made applicable to and shall govern the issuance of burial contracts or burial certificates. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than six thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 6091; P.A. 08-178, S. 15.) History: Sec. 38-32 transferred to Sec. 38a-464 in 1991; P.A. 08-178 made technical changes and increased maximum fine from $500 to $6,000.