South Carolina Code 40-8-35. Cemetery contract disclosure requirements
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The cemetery contract must disclose to the consumer:
(1) the type of outer burial container being purchased (a Category I, Protective Outer Burial Container, or a Category II, Nonprotective Outer Burial Container);
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-8-35
- Cemetery: means a place used, dedicated, or designated for cemetery purposes including any one or combination of:
(a) perpetual care cemeteries;
(b) burial parks for earth interment;
(c) mausoleums;
(d) columbariums. See South Carolina Code 40-8-30 - Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Outer burial container: means the following:
(a) Category I-Protective Outer Burial Container-An outer burial container (vault) in which a casket or similar burial device is placed for in-ground interment and is designed and constructed to support the weight of the earth and standard cemetery maintenance equipment and to prevent the grave from collapsing while resisting the entrance of water or any other element found in the soil in which it is interred. See South Carolina Code 40-8-30
(2) that the outer burial container either has a warranty or that it does not have a warranty; and
(3) if the outer burial container purchased in advance of need is not available at the time of need, the cemetery shall make available to the purchaser or his representative an outer burial container of equal or greater value. The purchaser or his representative is entitled to approve any substitutions.