§ 30-2-9-7 — False reports; illegal use or disbursement of funds

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c),
a person who violates this chapter or makes any false and fraudulent
report required under this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) A person who knowingly or intentionally uses or disburses funds
in a funeral trust established under this chapter for purposes other than
the purposes required under this chapter commits a Level 5 felony.
(c) Except as authorized in an agreement described in section 4 of
this chapter permitting the early withdrawal of funds, a trustee that
disburses funds in a funeral trust established under this chapter without
verifying:
(1) the death of the individual for whom services are to be
provided under the contract; and
(2) that the beneficiary fully performed all funeral and burial
services provided for in the contract;
through the use of documentation required under rules adopted by the
state board of funeral and cemetery service established by IC 25-15-9-1
commits a Class A infraction.
Formerly: Acts 1963, c.303, s.7. As amended by Acts 1978,
P.L.2, SEC.3001; P.L.113-2007, SEC.8; P.L.61-2008, SEC.4;
P.L.158-2013, SEC.304.