South Carolina Funeral Law Exam Question
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• Written Demand -✓✓Purchaser must request refund of forms by this
• Pre-need Transfer -✓✓Only upon the prior written request of the purchaser or
the beneficiary of a deceased purchaser.
• 30 days of receipt -✓✓All trust funds must be deposited within
• Six months -✓✓The purchaser has this amount of time to transfer pre-need funds
to a new funeral service provider.
• 60 days -✓✓Pre-need contracts must be submitted to consumer affairs within
_________ of the last day of the month in which the contract was written.
• Preneed Funeral Loss Prevention Fund -✓✓Funds used to reimburse a purchaser
or beneficiary where a funeral home committed fraud, misfeasance, default,
failure, or insolvency.
• Fine of 1000 and/or 30 days prison -✓✓Soliciting $200 or less preneed
arrangements
• Court Fine and/or 5 years prison -✓✓Preneed solicitation of $2000-$10000
• Court Fine and/or 10 years -✓✓Preneed solicitation of 10000 or more
• Administrative Law Court -✓✓Court that hears a contested case involving
preneed funeral contracts
• Post-mortem examination -✓✓examination after death that does not include
dissection of the body for any purpose
• Inquest -✓✓Official judicial inquiry before a coroner and coroner's jury for the
purpose of determining the manner of death
, • Manner of death -✓✓natural; accident; homicide; suicide; undetermined
• $2000 -✓✓Posted penal sum for coroner
• Governor -✓✓Government agent who commissions the coroner
• 4 years -✓✓Coroner's term of office
• Chief Magistrate -✓✓Official who acts as coroner until the suspended coroner is
reinstated or a new coroner is elected
• Circuit Court Judge -✓✓Approves deputy coroners and medical investigators
• 21 years old -✓✓Attained age of coroner by the time appointed by Governor
• Noon on the 10th day -✓✓Date by which coroner candidate must file a copy of
affidavit with appropriate county election committee
• 16 hours -✓✓Yearly training to be completed by the coroner
• 90 days -✓✓Minimum suspension for coroner who does not complete continuing
education hourse
• Director of South Carolina Justice Academy -✓✓Appoints a coroners training
advisory committee to assist in the the determination of coroner training
• $35000 -✓✓Base salary for coroner
• 55% of the funds -✓✓Coroners with a county population of 150,000 or more
split this percentage
• 35% of the funds -✓✓Coroners with a county population of 50,000 to 149,999
split this percentage
• 10% of the funds -✓✓Coroners with a county population of less that 49,999 split
this percentage
Bank and Answers (2026/2027) | Complete
Study Prep Pack | A+
• Written Demand -✓✓Purchaser must request refund of forms by this
• Pre-need Transfer -✓✓Only upon the prior written request of the purchaser or
the beneficiary of a deceased purchaser.
• 30 days of receipt -✓✓All trust funds must be deposited within
• Six months -✓✓The purchaser has this amount of time to transfer pre-need funds
to a new funeral service provider.
• 60 days -✓✓Pre-need contracts must be submitted to consumer affairs within
_________ of the last day of the month in which the contract was written.
• Preneed Funeral Loss Prevention Fund -✓✓Funds used to reimburse a purchaser
or beneficiary where a funeral home committed fraud, misfeasance, default,
failure, or insolvency.
• Fine of 1000 and/or 30 days prison -✓✓Soliciting $200 or less preneed
arrangements
• Court Fine and/or 5 years prison -✓✓Preneed solicitation of $2000-$10000
• Court Fine and/or 10 years -✓✓Preneed solicitation of 10000 or more
• Administrative Law Court -✓✓Court that hears a contested case involving
preneed funeral contracts
• Post-mortem examination -✓✓examination after death that does not include
dissection of the body for any purpose
• Inquest -✓✓Official judicial inquiry before a coroner and coroner's jury for the
purpose of determining the manner of death
, • Manner of death -✓✓natural; accident; homicide; suicide; undetermined
• $2000 -✓✓Posted penal sum for coroner
• Governor -✓✓Government agent who commissions the coroner
• 4 years -✓✓Coroner's term of office
• Chief Magistrate -✓✓Official who acts as coroner until the suspended coroner is
reinstated or a new coroner is elected
• Circuit Court Judge -✓✓Approves deputy coroners and medical investigators
• 21 years old -✓✓Attained age of coroner by the time appointed by Governor
• Noon on the 10th day -✓✓Date by which coroner candidate must file a copy of
affidavit with appropriate county election committee
• 16 hours -✓✓Yearly training to be completed by the coroner
• 90 days -✓✓Minimum suspension for coroner who does not complete continuing
education hourse
• Director of South Carolina Justice Academy -✓✓Appoints a coroners training
advisory committee to assist in the the determination of coroner training
• $35000 -✓✓Base salary for coroner
• 55% of the funds -✓✓Coroners with a county population of 150,000 or more
split this percentage
• 35% of the funds -✓✓Coroners with a county population of 50,000 to 149,999
split this percentage
• 10% of the funds -✓✓Coroners with a county population of less that 49,999 split
this percentage
