Massachusetts § 5C Cemetery corporations; fiduciary duty owed to contributors to trust fund

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§ 5C — Cemetery corporations; fiduciary duty owed to contributors to trust fund

Massachusetts § 5C

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVIPUBLIC HEALTH

Ch. 114CEMETERIES AND BURIALS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, § 5C (2026).

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Section 5C. The corporation and its officers shall owe a fiduciary duty to a contributor to the trust fund, his heirs and legal representatives to hold and expend the funds strictly consistent with the purposes of section 5. A contributor to the trust fund, his heirs and legal representatives who were required to invest in the trust fund as a condition of purchasing a right of burial shall have all rights and protections of chapter 110A.

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Section 5C. The corporation and its officers shall owe a fiduciary duty to a contributor to the trust fund, his heirs and legal representatives to hold and expend the funds strictly consistent with the purposes of section 5. A contributor to the trust fund, his heirs and legal representatives who were required to invest in the trust fund as a condition of purchasing a right of burial shall have all rights and protections of chapter 110A.

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