Section 24-13-7 - Failure to notify; funeral director's liability

If a funeral director or other person authorized by law to conduct the business of a funeral director receives or contracts to receive any money or thing of value from relatives or friends of an unclaimed decedent whose burial or cremation expenses are paid or to be paid by the county and fails to notify the county of that fact, the funeral director or other person authorized by law to conduct the business of a funeral director shall be liable to the county in an amount double the amount paid or to be paid by the county. History: Laws 1939, ch. 224, § 7; 1941 Comp., § 73-211; 1953 Comp., § 13-2-11; 1978 Comp., § 24-13-7; Laws 1999, ch. 241, § 10; 2023, ch. 162, § 14. ANNOTATIONSThe 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, after 'friends of', deleted 'a deceased alleged indigent'. The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, added the catchline and made stylistic changes throughout.