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§ 5-166 Sale of Monuments.
   (a)   As used in this section:
      (1)   "Monument" means any memorial, headstone, footstone, plaque, ledger stone or other marker that is designed or intended to be erected or installed in or on any cemetery, grave, mausoleum or other appropriate place of burial or memorialization.
      (2)   "Foundation" means a poured concrete or other permanent base intended to support the monument and installed at the gravesite in the appropriate location.
   (b)   Whenever a provider of funeral services sells or offers for sale a monument as part of or in connection with any funeral arrangements, such provider shall:
      (1)   Make available to customers a price list of all monuments offered for sale as part of or in connection with funeral arrangements. Such price list shall be captioned at the top of the page as a "MONUMENT PRICE LIST" in capital bold face letters. Such price list shall only contain price information about monuments.
      (2)   The following statement shall be clearly and conspicuously included in at least 10 point type on the Monument Price List inside a box set immediately below the caption for such price list:
         "The purchase of a monument is not required as part of your funeral arrangements. The cost and arrangements for the purchase of a monument must be accounted for and set out in a document that is separate from the one under which you agree to the other funeral arrangements you make."
   (c)   In addition to the disclosures about a monument sale that are required to be included in the written statement required to be furnished showing the price of the funeral and including an itemized list of funeral services and funeral merchandise to be supplied at the listed prices, such sale shall also be evidenced by a separate written contract which shall be signed by all the parties to the contract. Such contract shall be captioned at the top of the page as a "MONUMENT CONTRACT" in capital bold face letters, a full and completed copy shall be furnished to the consumer by the funeral service provider at the time of the purchase of such monument, and such contracts shall be retained by the funeral service provider for at least three years from the date of the sale. Such contract shall include the following information:
      (1)   the name, address and telephone number of the funeral service provider and of the purchaser;
      (2)   the full name of the individual to be memorialized and, if known, the date of such individual's death;
      (3)   a full description of the monument, including the material to be provided, the dimensions of the finished monument, a sketch or drawing of the proposed monument, the wording of any inscription on such monument, including the approximate layout thereof, and the method of engraving of such inscription;
      (4)   the approximate date when the monument is expected to be completed;
      (5)   the name of the cemetery in which the monument is to be placed, together with the location of the plot or grave, if known; and
      (6)   a full disclosure of the following: the price of the monument; applicable sales tax, if any; the charge made by the cemetery for the foundation; any charges for additional work, provided that such additional work is clearly described in the contract and such charges are itemized; the total price as contracted; and the schedule for payment, if any.