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Delaware — Preneed Funeral Contract Bond

Prepare the preneed seller's exact applicant name, including its trade names, and the trust-fund figures before applying. Delaware's State Bank Commissioner uses the highest trust balance in the prescribed reporting period to set the minimum security. The selected bond also protects the State's regulatory amounts; it is not a guarantee for the seller's business creditors.

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Recorded state
Delaware
Bond type
Cemetery / Preneed Bond
Category
Real estate & property

What this bond does

Provide the original preneed funeral contracts surety bond required for the seller's State Bank Commissioner license under Chapter 34 of Title 5.

Who needs it
The business applying for or maintaining the Delaware preneed funeral contracts license. The application requires the applicant name and all trade names to match the bond.
Who it protects
The actual form runs to Delaware for the Office of the State Bank Commissioner and consumers sustaining actual losses from covered wrongful acts, omissions, defaults, fraud or misrepresentation. It also secures amounts owed to Delaware under the applicable banking laws and regulations. Business creditors, third-party service providers, agents and people employed by the licensee are excluded from compensation.

Your bond option

This is the option on record for this bond.

The bond amount describes the limit of the bond obligation, not the price. A listed amount does not establish what the requesting party requires. The premium is what you pay and must be confirmed for the actual option. An E&O limit, where listed, is separate errors and omissions insurance.

Details for the trust balance and continuous security

Regulation 3402 bases the minimum on the maximum dollar value of trust funds held as trustee during the twelve months ending October 31 before the calendar year covered. Its table ranges from $50,000 to $200,000. Use the highest balance, not merely the closing balance or the value of new contracts sold.

Confirm the applicable table entry and any individual direction with the Commissioner. Subject to the $200,000 cap, the Commissioner may require a larger sum for the seller's circumstances. A multi-year or continuous document does not remove the annual review of the required sum.

The selected form is continuous. Surety cancellation requires 30 days' written notice to both the principal and the Commissioner's office, with the clock beginning when the office receives the notice. Losses occurring while the bond was in effect remain covered subject to its terms; cancellation does not erase earlier liability.

The form's aggregate limit excludes interest accruing on claims paid late under its 90-day payment provision. Do not read the stated sum as a fresh allowance for every consumer or an assurance that every commercial claim qualifies.

The application asks for an original bond, the surety's claim contact, the principal office, additional locations and where records and consumer funds are held. An accepted irrevocable letter of credit is an alternative under the regulation, but Purchase Now here opens the bond application. Complete the license filing rather than treating the purchase receipt as authorization to sell.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. Match the legal applicant and all trade names exactly to the license application.
  2. Prepare the maximum trust balance for the prescribed twelve months ending October 31.
  3. Confirm the table-based sum and any Commissioner-directed increase.
  4. Identify locations, record storage, consumer-fund institutions and the surety's claim contact.
  5. Arrange original execution and Commissioner filing, and review the sum annually even if the document is continuous.

Questions about this bond

Is the required sum based only on the year-end trust balance?

No. Regulation 3402 uses the highest trust-fund value during the specified twelve-month period ending October 31. Match that value to the current table and the Commissioner's direction.

Does the bond pay the seller's suppliers or employees?

The selected form excludes compensation claims from business creditors, third-party service providers, agents and others employed by the licensee. Its consumer protection concerns actual covered losses, alongside the State's specified regulatory amounts.

What follows Purchase Now?

Propeller's Delaware Preneed Funeral Contract application opens in a new tab. Match the seller and trade names, required sum, complete accepted form and effective date, then arrange execution and original Commissioner filing. Payment alone does not issue the seller's license.

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