Name and Address Changes

PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements and procedures for notifying the Office of Endowed Care Cemeteries of an owner/operator, trustee, cemetery, name and/or address change. (1) The holder of the certificate of authority to own or operate a cemetery, endowed or nonendowed, shall ensure the office has the current legal name and address of the cemetery, the owner of the cemetery and the operator of the cemetery. If the new owner is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, the holder shall also submit the names of the shareholders, partners or members. (2) The holder of the certificate of authority to own or operate a cemetery shall notify the office in writing of a change of trustee within thirty (30) days of the change. The notice shall include evidence that the trustee is a state or federally chartered financial institution authorized to exercise trust powers within this state and located in this state. (3) The office shall be informed in writing thirty (30) days prior to a change in ownership. Notice of all other changes shall be made within thirty (30) days after the change. (4) If the endowed care cemetery funds are not permanently set aside in a trust fund, but instead held in a segregated bank account, the holder of the certificate of authority shall notify the office if the funds are transferred from one account to another, or if signatories are changed. Notice shall include evidence that the funds are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or comparable deposit insurance and held in a state or federally chartered financial institution authorized to do business in Missouri and located in this state. If a new signatory is an attorney currently licensed in the state of Missouri, notice shall include the attorney’s bar number. (5) Except as specifically stated otherwise, notice of all changes in information shall be provided within thirty (30) days after the change. AUTHORITY: sections 214.392.1(5), RSMo 1994 and 620.010.14(2), RSMo Supp. 1999.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 651.040. Original rule filed April 14, 2000, effective Oct. 30, 2000. Moved to 20 CSR 2065-1.040, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 214.392, RSMo 1994; 620.010, RSMo 1973, amended 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999.