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Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 497
FUNERAL, CEMETERY, AND CONSUMER SERVICES
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F.S. 497.467
497.467 Acceptability of funeral and burial merchandise.Each person who engages in preneed sales of funeral or burial merchandise shall determine, and notify the purchaser in writing prior to the completion of the contract, that the merchandise being considered for purchase will be accepted in the cemetery of the purchaser’s choice. The failure to comply with this chapter shall nullify the agreement, and all moneys paid in shall be returned, notwithstanding the existence of any liquidated damages provision otherwise applicable by contract or statute.
History.s. 13, ch. 77-438; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 21, 31, 32, ch. 83-316; ss. 108, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 116, ch. 2004-301.
Note.Former s. 639.21; s. 497.441.