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AZ Rev Stat § 32-2193.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2193.01 - Effect of article on disciplinary action

32-2193.01.  Effect of article on disciplinary action This article does not limit the authority of the commissioner to take disciplinary action against any licensee for a violation of this chapter or of the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The repayment in full of all obligations to the fund by any licensee does not nullify or modify the effect of any other disciplinary proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2193.02 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2193.02 - Surety bond requirement; form; cancellation; effective date; certificate of deposit

32-2193.02.  Surety bond requirement;  form;  cancellation;  effective date;  certificate of deposit A. In addition to any other fees assessed under this chapter,  the commissioner may require that a real estate or cemetery licensee or person applying for a license or renewal of a license issued to real estate or cemetery brokers or salespersons under this chapter post a surety bond if any of the following apply: 1. The licensee or applicant has been found in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules of the commissioner pertaining to this chapter. 2. The licensee or applicant has been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of a felony or misdemeanor involving a transaction in real estate,  or of which fraud is an essential element,  or arising out of the conduct of any business in real estate,  securities or mail fraud,  or securities registration violations. 3. The licensee or applicant has had an administrative order entered against him or it by a real estate regulatory agency or security regulatory agency. B. The bond required by subsection A of this section shall be in a form acceptable to the commissioner and shall be executed by the applicant or licensee as principal with a corporation duly authorized to transact surety business in this state. Evidence of a surety bond shall be submitted to the commissioner in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner. The bond shall be in favor of this state and is subject to claims solely for actual damages including reasonable attorney's fees suffered by persons injured as described in section 32-2186. The amount and duration of the bond shall be as the commissioner deems necessary for the protection of the public,  but the principal amount of the bond shall be not more than one hundred thousand dollars and its duration shall not exceed five years. C. On receipt by the commissioner of notice to cancel a bond by any surety,  the commissioner shall immediately notify the licensee on the bond of the effective date of cancellation of the bond and the licensee shall furnish a like bond within thirty days after mailing of the notice by the commissioner or his license shall be suspended. Notice to the licensee shall be by certified mail addressed to the licensee's last address on file with the commissioner. D. In lieu of posting a bond as set forth in this section,  the applicant or licensee may post a certificate of deposit with the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of subsections A and B of this section.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194 - Exceptions

32-2194.  Exceptions This chapter does not apply to any of the following: 1. Any religious corporation,  church,  religious society or denomination,  a corporation sole administering temporalities of any church or religious society or denomination,  or any cemetery organized,  controlled and operated by any of them. 2. A private or municipal cemetery. 3. Any fraternal burial park not exceeding ten acres in area,  established before July 2,  1963,  in which the sale of burial spaces is restricted exclusively to its members. 4. The superintendent of the Arizona pioneers' home and the Arizona pioneers home cemetery.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.02 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.02 - Examination by commissioner; fee

32-2194.02.  Examination by commissioner;  fee Before cemetery plots are offered for sale the commissioner shall examine the cemetery and shall make public his findings. The total cost of travel and subsistence expenses incurred by the department in the examination,  in addition to the initial filing fee provided for in this section,  shall be borne by the owner of the cemetery or his agent,  on the basis of actual cost to the department. An initial filing fee of five hundred dollars or such lesser fee as determined by the commissioner shall accompany the written notification required in section 32-2194.01.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.04 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.04 - Contract disclosures; contract disclaimers

32-2194.04.  Contract disclosures;  contract disclaimers A. In all agreements and contracts for the sale of cemetery plots from a cemetery,  a broker or agent shall clearly and conspicuously disclose the following information: 1. The nature of the document,  including grave site designation. 2. The nature of the cemetery,  whether endowed or not under the provisions of this article. 3. That the cemetery operator has received a certificate of authority from the department pursuant to section 32-2194.03 and that these records are available for examination at the department at the request of the purchaser. 4. A provision that all cemetery improvements for the area developed as defined in the application shall be completed by the date indicated in the application. 5. Whether the purchaser is subject to a fee for the following known services or goods associated with future plot use: (a) Opening or closing interment. (b) A marker,  with or without a setting. (c) A vault liner purchased with the grave site. 6. Whether a marker or vault may be purchased separately from another vendor. 7. The policy of the cemetery regarding cancellations of contracts,  including whether the cemetery issues refunds under canceled contracts. B. An agreement or contract which fails to make the disclosures required in subsection A of this section is unenforceable against the purchaser.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.05 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.05 - Advertising material; contents; order prohibiting use

32-2194.05.  Advertising material;  contents;  order prohibiting use A. Within ten days after request by the commissioner,  the cemetery owner or agent shall file with the commissioner a copy of any promotional and advertising material of any kind used directly or indirectly in connection with the sale of cemetery plots or any material changes in the material. B. No advertising,  communication or sales literature of any kind,  including oral statements by salespersons or other persons,  may contain: 1. Any untrue statement of material fact or any omission of material fact which would make the statement misleading in light of the circumstances under which the statement was made. 2. Any statement,  representation or pictorial presentation of proposed improvements or nonexistent scenes without clearly indicating that the improvements are proposed and the scenes do not exist. C. All advertising and sales literature shall be consistent with the information contained in the notice of intention pursuant to section 32-2194.01 and shall otherwise comply with the rules of the commissioner. D. If it appears to the commissioner that any person is or has engaged in advertising or promotional practices in violation of this article,  the commissioner may hold a hearing as a contested case under the provisions of title 41,  chapter 6,  article 10 and issue such order or orders as he deems necessary to protect the public interest or the commissioner may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the person to enjoin the person from continuing the violation. E. The commissioner may adopt rules and guidelines necessary to protect the public interest and to assure that all advertising and promotional practices with respect to land subject to the provisions of this article are not false or misleading. F. It is unlawful for any owner or agent of a cemetery or other person with intent directly or indirectly to sell plots subject to the provisions of this article to authorize,  use,  direct or aid in any advertising,  communication,  sales literature or promotional practice which violates this section. G. Nothing in this section applies to the owner or publisher of a newspaper,  magazine or other publication of printed matter in which such advertisement appears or to the owner or operator of a radio or television station which disseminates such advertisement if the owner,  publisher or operator has no knowledge of the intent,  design or purpose of the advertiser.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.06 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.06 - Records of transactions

32-2194.06.  Records of transactions A. Cemeteries shall keep on file records of all documents in connection with all cemetery plot transactions handled by or through them. The records shall include but are not limited to: 1. All sales contracts. 2. Sales contract payment ledgers. 3. Certificates of burial rights. 4. All ledgers or books showing all receipts,  disbursements or adjustments. 5. Records of plats and maps. 6. Such other information as the commissioner may reasonably require. B. Each cemetery broker is responsible for maintenance of all documents used in connection with all cemetery plot transactions while in the employment of a cemetery. The records shall be open at all reasonable times for inspection by the commissioner or the commissioner's representatives. The records of each transaction shall be kept by the cemetery for a period of five years after payment in full of the transaction at the broker's main office or at an off-site storage location in this state if the owner or agent provides prior written notification of the street address of the off-site storage location to the department.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.07 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.07 - Recording of actions

32-2194.07.  Recording of actions A. If the commissioner issues a cease and desist order,  obtains a court order enjoining further sales,  issues an order of prohibition or suspends approval of a cemetery,  the action shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in any county in which the cemetery property is located. B. If any of the orders which require recording in subsection A are revoked,  an order of release shall be recorded in the same manner.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.08 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.08 - Administrative penalties

32-2194.08.  Administrative penalties A. Any cemetery owner,  operator,  broker or salesman subject to the jurisdiction of the department who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or order promulgated by the commissioner,  who deviates substantially from the provisions under which a certificate of authority was issued or who engages in any unlawful practices defined in section 44-1522 with respect to the sale of cemetery plots may be assessed a civil penalty by the commissioner,  after a hearing,  in an amount of not to exceed one thousand dollars for each infraction. B. Actions to recover penalties pursuant to this section shall be brought by the attorney general in the name of this state in the superior court in the county in which the violation occurred or in a county in which the commissioner maintains an office.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.09 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.09 - Civil liabilities

32-2194.09.  Civil liabilities A. If any part of the notice of intention filed pursuant to section 32-2194.01 contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits a material fact required to be stated in such notice,  the owner or agent is liable as provided in this article to any person who acquires a plot in the cemetery. B. A cemetery owner,  operator,  broker or salesman who sells a cemetery plot in violation of this article is liable to the purchaser of such plot as provided in this article. C. It is unlawful for any cemetery owner,  operator,  broker or salesman in selling or offering to sell any cemetery plot to: 1. Employ any device,  scheme or artifice to defraud. 2. Obtain money or property by means of a material misrepresentation with respect to any information included in the notice of intention or the certificate of authority with respect to any other information pertinent to the plot on which the purchaser relies. 3. Engage in any transaction,  practice or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit on a purchaser. D. Damages in any suit brought pursuant to this section shall be the difference between the amount paid for the plot together with the reasonable cost of improvements to such plot and whichever of the following is the smallest: 1. The value of the plot and improvements as of the time the suit was brought. 2. The price at which the plot was disposed of in a bona fide market transaction before suit. 3. The price at which the plot was disposed of in a bona fide market transaction after suit was brought but before judgment. E. In an action in which a violation of this section is established the purchaser is also entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees as determined by the court. If a violation is not established,  the court,  in its discretion,  may award reasonable attorney fees to the defendant. F. Every person who becomes liable to make any payment pursuant to this section may recover contribution as in cases of contract from any person who,  if sued separately,  would have been liable to make the same payment. G. In no case shall the amount recoverable pursuant to this section exceed the sum of the purchase price of the plot,  the reasonable cost of improvements installed by the purchaser and reasonable court costs and attorney fees. H. Nothing contained in this section precludes any other remedies that may exist at law or in equity. I. No action may be maintained to enforce any liability created pursuant to subsection A or B of this section unless brought within one year after the discovery of the untrue statement or the omission or after such discovery should have been made by the exercise of reasonable diligence. No action may be maintained to enforce any liability created pursuant to subsection C of this section unless brought within two years after the violation on which it is based. In no event shall any such action be brought by a purchaser more than three years after the sale to the purchaser.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.10 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.10 - Change of cemetery plan after approval by commissioner; notice; fee

32-2194.10.  Change of cemetery plan after approval by commissioner;  notice;  fee A. It is unlawful for any owner or agent,  after submitting to the commissioner the plan under which cemetery plots are to be offered for sale and securing his approval,  to change the plan materially without first notifying the commissioner in writing of the intended change. Material changes covered by this section shall be prescribed in the rules of the commissioner. On receipt of any notice of a material change,  the commissioner,  if he determines such action to be necessary for the protection of purchasers,  may suspend his approval of sale pending amendment of the notice as required by section 32-2194.01. B. A filing fee of one-half of the fee that was charged for the initial certificate of authority pursuant to section 32-2194.02 but not less than two hundred fifty dollars shall accompany any amendment required by subsection A of this section.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.11 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.11 - Delivery of clear title by cemetery of cemetery plots

32-2194.11.  Delivery of clear title by cemetery of cemetery plots Cemetery plots shall not be sold which are subject to liens.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.12 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.12 - Permanent access to cemetery land

32-2194.12.  Permanent access to cemetery land No cemetery may be sold without provision for permanent access.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.13 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.13 - Deposit of fees

32-2194.13.  Deposit of fees All fees and earned expense collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the state general fund unless otherwise prescribed by law.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.14 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.14 - Cemetery brokers; disclosures

32-2194.14.  Cemetery brokers;  disclosures Before offering cemetery property or interment rights for sale in a licensed cemetery,  a cemetery broker who is not a designated broker for the cemetery shall obtain and comply with all of the licensed cemetery's rules and shall disclose to the purchaser all fees and time frames of transfer and recordation of interment rights or deeds on the cemetery records.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.15 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.15 - Jurisdiction

32-2194.15.  Jurisdiction The commissioner shall not be denied jurisdiction over any person subject to the provisions of this article because of similar jurisdiction over such person by any other agency or the applicability to such person of any rule prescribed pursuant to any other provision of law.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.16 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.16 - Sale of undeveloped cemetery property

32-2194.16.  Sale of undeveloped cemetery property With regard to cemetery property which is undeveloped,  development must commence for that particular section or building within five years after the date of the first sale of a plot.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.17 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.17 - Transaction of cemetery business

32-2194.17.  Transaction of cemetery business Only a corporation or a limited liability company duly organized to conduct cemetery business may transact cemetery business pursuant to this article.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.18 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.18 - Application for authority to open and operate cemeteries

32-2194.18.  Application for authority to open and operate cemeteries Before a corporation may engage in or transact any business of a cemetery it must file an application for a certificate of authority with the commissioner. Such application must show that the corporation owns or is actively operating a cemetery in this state which is subject to the provisions of this chapter or that the applicant is in a position to commence operating a cemetery.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.19 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.19 - Investigation of applicant before granting of certificate of authority where needed

32-2194.19.  Investigation of applicant before granting of certificate of authority where needed Upon receipt of an application for a certificate of authority to operate a cemetery,  the commissioner shall cause an investigation to be made of the physical status,  plans,  specifications and financing of the proposed cemetery,  the character of the applicant,  including its officers,  directors,  shareholders or members,  and any other qualifications required of the applicant under this article. If the commissioner finds that the applicant has complied with all the provisions of this article and further finds that the area in which the proposed cemetery is to be located is not already adequately served,  then he shall grant the certificate of authority.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.20 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.20 - Right of cemetery to make rules and regulations

32-2194.20.  Right of cemetery to make rules and regulations Any cemetery subject to the provisions of this article may make,  adopt,  amend,  add to,  revise,  or modify and enforce rules and regulations for the use,  care,  control,  restriction and protection of all or any part of its cemetery,  provided these rules and regulations are not contrary to law. These rules and regulations shall be on file with the real estate commissioner and shall at all times be posted in a conspicuous place in the offices of the cemetery or at some other place within the cemetery as may be convenient for inspection.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.21 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.21 - Survey of property; maps and plats

32-2194.21.  Survey of property;  maps and plats Every cemetery,  from time to time as its property may be required for interment purposes,  in addition to the other requirements of the article,  shall: 1. In case of land,  survey and subdivide it into sections,  blocks,  plots,  avenues,  walks or other subdivisions,  and make a good and substantial map or plat showing the sections,  plots,  avenues,  walks or other subdivisions,  with descriptive names or numbers. 2. In case of a mausoleum,  or crematory and columbarium,  it shall make a good and substantial map or plat on which shall be delineated the sections,  halls,  rooms,  corridors,  elevations,  and other divisions,  with descriptive names or numbers.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.22 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.22 - Filing maps and declaration of dedication

32-2194.22.  Filing maps and declaration of dedication The cemetery,  in addition to filing the map or plat in the office of the county recorder as required by subdivisions,  shall also file for record in the county recorder's office,  a written declaration of dedication of the property delineated on the map or plat dedicating the property exclusively to cemetery purposes.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.23 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.23 - Nonapplication of law against perpetuities

32-2194.23.  Nonapplication of law against perpetuities Dedication to cemetery purposes pursuant to this chapter is not invalid as violating any laws against perpetuities,  but is expressly permitted and shall be deemed to be in respect for the dead,  a provision for the interment of human remains,  and a duty to,  and for the benefit of,  the general public.
AZ Rev Stat § 32-2194.24 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Professions and Occupations|§ 32-2194.24 - Trust fund to be established before certificate of authority granted

32-2194.24.  Trust fund to be established before certificate of authority granted No certificate of authority shall issue to a corporation or limited liability company organized for the purpose of maintaining and operating a cemetery unless the articles of incorporation or organization certify to the establishment of an irrevocable trust fund for maintenance and operation in accordance with the provisions of this article,  and there is attached to the articles of incorporation or organization the written instrument establishing the irrevocable trust fund accompanied by the receipt of the trustee designated in the written instrument for the minimum care fund hereinafter provided. Any cemetery that has been operating before January 1,  1998 and that was not previously required to establish an irrevocable trust fund shall not be required to establish an irrevocable trust fund unless a material change is made to the plan under which cemetery plots are offered for sale.