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RSA 325:47 · Institution Absolved From Liability

Title: XXX: OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
Chapter: 325 · EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS
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325:47 Institution Absolved From Liability. – Such bank, trust company, savings institution, licensed insurance company, or bonded, registered broker-dealer shall be discharged from liability for payment of the funds in any such account upon presentation of a written consent to withdrawal signed by the party who paid the funds or such party's legal representative, if such account is revokable, and by the payee, or upon presentation of proof of death of such person for whose benefit such funds were paid. This section shall not apply to the sale of cemetery lots, crypts, niches, cemetery burial privileges, cemetery space or perpetual care. Source. 1971, 332:1. 1995, 76:1, eff. July 8, 1995.

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Source. 1971, 332:1. 1995, 76:1, eff. July 8, 1995.

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1971, 332:1
1995, 76:1, eff. July 8, 1995

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ard, or other bio-degradable container, or a shroud made of cotton, linen, wool, hemp, or other woven plant material. V. ?"Funeral director" means funeral director as defined in RSA 325. VI. ? "Holding facility" means the area of a NOR facility designated for the retention of human remains prior to NOR and includes a refrigerated facility. VII. ?"Human remains" means the body of a deceased person, o