CALIFORNIA [CA] CEMETERY BROKER EXAM
WITH VERIFIED AND DETAILED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2026 UPDATE
Cemetery Broker - answer-A person who, other than in reference to an occasional sale,
sells, or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, lists, leases or offers to lease, or solicits, or
negotiates the purchase or sale, lease or exchange of cemetery property or interment
services, or interest therein, for his or her own account or for another
Cemetery Salesperson - answer-Natural person who, other than in reference to an
occasional sale, is employed by a cemetery broker to sell, or offer for sale, list or offer to
list, or to buy, or to offer to buy, or to lease, or to solicit, or to negotiate the purchase or
sale or lease or exchange of cemetery property or interment services, or any interest
therein, for his or her own account or for another
Cemetery Manager - answer-Person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or
herself out as engaged in those activities involved in, or incidental to, the maintaining,
operating or improving a cemetery, interment of human remains, and the care,
preservation, and embellishment of cemetery property
Crematory Manager - answer-Person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or
herself out as engaged in those activities involved in, or incidental to, the maintaining,
or operating a crematory
Cemetery Licensee - answer-Any cemetery broker, cemetery salesperson, or cemetery
manager
Crematory Licensee - answer-Corporation, partnership, or natural person licensed and
shall mean a cemetery licensee for purposes of disciplinary action
Crematory Remains Disposer - answer-Person who, for his or her own account or for
another, disposes of, or offers to dispose of, cremated human remains by scattering
over or on land or sea
,Public Cemetery - answer-Cemetery owned and operated by a city, county, city and
county, or public cemetery district
Non Applicable Cemeteries - answer-Religious, public, and any private or fraternal
burial park under 10 acres established prior to Sept 19, 19392
Cemetery Information Disclosed - answer-Owner of each cemetery, the name of the
cemetery, the business address of the cemetery owner, and the physical address of the
cemetery
Employees with License Issues - answer-Manager shall inform bureau within 30 days of
being informed of any employee with a previous license that has been revoked,
suspended, on probation, or surrendered
Annual Cemetery Report - answer-On or before June 1, or within five months after close
of their fiscal year including number of square feet of grave space and the number of
crypts and niches sold or disposed of under endowment care, amount deposited in
endowment care fund, statement showing separately the total amount of general and
special endowment care funds, and use of endowment care funds
Annual Audit Report - answer-Signed by CPA or public accountant, includes inspection,
review, and audit of the general purpose financial statements of the endowment care
fund and special care fund, which shall include the balance sheet, the statement of
revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance. 30 day extension possible.
Change in trustee must be reports within 30 days. Change from calendar to fiscal
reporting as long as reporting period does not exceed one year. Filed with county clerk.
Annual Audit Penalties - answer-$400 fine per month (up to 5 months) for a late report.
Failure to pay within 15 days shall be cause for disciplinary action.
Endowment Care Examination - answer-At least once every five years and as deemed
necessary, when cemetery authority fails to file report required, when the accountant or
, auditor qualifies his or her certification of the report. Examination paid for by cemetery
authority or face revocation.
Examination Details - answer-Bureau shall have free access to the books and records
relating to trust funds and expenditures of the funds
Limited Liability Company - answer-No licensee shall have ownership interest as a
member in a limited liability company certificated as a cemetery authority.
Endowment Care Control - answer-Bureau may administer oaths, inadequate funds
may require bureau to enforce rules, reinvest funds in conformity with code. Superior
court of the county of principal office shall force receivership (may be due to embezzled
or wrongfully diverted fund). Costs of any actions can be taken from available income
from any endowment care fund. Bureau to become custodian of funds
Preneed Disclosure - answer-Every cemetery authority shall present to the survivor of
the deceased who is handling the burial or cremation arrangements or the responsible
party a copy of any preneed agreement that has been signed and paid in full, or in part,
by or on behalf of the deceased and is in the possession of the cemetery authority.
Penalty three times the cost of the preneed of $1,000, whichever is greater.
Contract Requirements - answer-Must have Bureau contact info on first page of any sale
contract in 8-point boldface type
Consumer Guide - answer-Must make available to consumers a copy of the Consumer
Guide to Funeral and Cemetery Purchases to anyone that requests it. Must give a copy
prior to drafting a contract.
Unlicensed Activity - answer-Must have a license to act as broker/salesperson. Cannot
sue for payment unless you are licensed. Cannot pay other to perform unless they are
license. Unlicensed activity is a misdemeanor up to $5,000
WITH VERIFIED AND DETAILED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2026 UPDATE
Cemetery Broker - answer-A person who, other than in reference to an occasional sale,
sells, or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, lists, leases or offers to lease, or solicits, or
negotiates the purchase or sale, lease or exchange of cemetery property or interment
services, or interest therein, for his or her own account or for another
Cemetery Salesperson - answer-Natural person who, other than in reference to an
occasional sale, is employed by a cemetery broker to sell, or offer for sale, list or offer to
list, or to buy, or to offer to buy, or to lease, or to solicit, or to negotiate the purchase or
sale or lease or exchange of cemetery property or interment services, or any interest
therein, for his or her own account or for another
Cemetery Manager - answer-Person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or
herself out as engaged in those activities involved in, or incidental to, the maintaining,
operating or improving a cemetery, interment of human remains, and the care,
preservation, and embellishment of cemetery property
Crematory Manager - answer-Person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or
herself out as engaged in those activities involved in, or incidental to, the maintaining,
or operating a crematory
Cemetery Licensee - answer-Any cemetery broker, cemetery salesperson, or cemetery
manager
Crematory Licensee - answer-Corporation, partnership, or natural person licensed and
shall mean a cemetery licensee for purposes of disciplinary action
Crematory Remains Disposer - answer-Person who, for his or her own account or for
another, disposes of, or offers to dispose of, cremated human remains by scattering
over or on land or sea
,Public Cemetery - answer-Cemetery owned and operated by a city, county, city and
county, or public cemetery district
Non Applicable Cemeteries - answer-Religious, public, and any private or fraternal
burial park under 10 acres established prior to Sept 19, 19392
Cemetery Information Disclosed - answer-Owner of each cemetery, the name of the
cemetery, the business address of the cemetery owner, and the physical address of the
cemetery
Employees with License Issues - answer-Manager shall inform bureau within 30 days of
being informed of any employee with a previous license that has been revoked,
suspended, on probation, or surrendered
Annual Cemetery Report - answer-On or before June 1, or within five months after close
of their fiscal year including number of square feet of grave space and the number of
crypts and niches sold or disposed of under endowment care, amount deposited in
endowment care fund, statement showing separately the total amount of general and
special endowment care funds, and use of endowment care funds
Annual Audit Report - answer-Signed by CPA or public accountant, includes inspection,
review, and audit of the general purpose financial statements of the endowment care
fund and special care fund, which shall include the balance sheet, the statement of
revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance. 30 day extension possible.
Change in trustee must be reports within 30 days. Change from calendar to fiscal
reporting as long as reporting period does not exceed one year. Filed with county clerk.
Annual Audit Penalties - answer-$400 fine per month (up to 5 months) for a late report.
Failure to pay within 15 days shall be cause for disciplinary action.
Endowment Care Examination - answer-At least once every five years and as deemed
necessary, when cemetery authority fails to file report required, when the accountant or
, auditor qualifies his or her certification of the report. Examination paid for by cemetery
authority or face revocation.
Examination Details - answer-Bureau shall have free access to the books and records
relating to trust funds and expenditures of the funds
Limited Liability Company - answer-No licensee shall have ownership interest as a
member in a limited liability company certificated as a cemetery authority.
Endowment Care Control - answer-Bureau may administer oaths, inadequate funds
may require bureau to enforce rules, reinvest funds in conformity with code. Superior
court of the county of principal office shall force receivership (may be due to embezzled
or wrongfully diverted fund). Costs of any actions can be taken from available income
from any endowment care fund. Bureau to become custodian of funds
Preneed Disclosure - answer-Every cemetery authority shall present to the survivor of
the deceased who is handling the burial or cremation arrangements or the responsible
party a copy of any preneed agreement that has been signed and paid in full, or in part,
by or on behalf of the deceased and is in the possession of the cemetery authority.
Penalty three times the cost of the preneed of $1,000, whichever is greater.
Contract Requirements - answer-Must have Bureau contact info on first page of any sale
contract in 8-point boldface type
Consumer Guide - answer-Must make available to consumers a copy of the Consumer
Guide to Funeral and Cemetery Purchases to anyone that requests it. Must give a copy
prior to drafting a contract.
Unlicensed Activity - answer-Must have a license to act as broker/salesperson. Cannot
sue for payment unless you are licensed. Cannot pay other to perform unless they are
license. Unlicensed activity is a misdemeanor up to $5,000
