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Statutes > Alabama > Title27 > Chapter17 > 27-17-1Section 27-17-1
Applicability of chapter; "burial insurance" defined.
(a) This chapter applies only to burial insurance policies.
(b) For the purposes of this title, "burial insurance" is that form of life insurance under which:
(1) Benefits are provided in the form of merchandise and services incident to the burial of the insured or the furnishing of a monument to the insured;
(2) The specified retail value of such merchandise and services does not exceed $1,500.00; and
(3) The words "burial policy," "vault policy," "monument policy," or words of similar import are printed on the policy as a part of its description.
(Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §392.)