1. Each nonperpetual care cemetery shall post a legible sign in a conspicuous place in the office or offices where sales are conducted, and at or near the entrance of the cemetery or its administration building and readily accessible to the public stating: "This is a nonperpetual care cemetery". The lettering of these signs shall be of a size and style as approved by the commissioner by rule or order so that the signs can be read at a reasonable distance.
2. Each nonperpetual care cemetery shall also have printed or stamped at the head of all of its contracts, deeds, statements, letterheads, and advertising material, the legend: "This is a nonperpetual care cemetery", and shall not sell any lot or interment space in the cemetery unless the purchaser of the lot or interment space is informed that the cemetery is a nonperpetual care cemetery.
3. A nonperpetual care cemetery or cemetery operator or employee or agent of a nonperpetual care cemetery shall not advertise or represent that the cemetery is a perpetual care cemetery or use any similar title, description, or term indicating that the cemetery provides guaranteed or permanent maintenance and care or that the cemetery has a trust fund or endowment fund to pay for the expenses of such care.
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 566A.5]
95 Acts, ch 149, §36
Referred to in § 566A.2C
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