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Louisiana Revised Statutes

Title 8

Cemeteries

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Title 8 - Chapters

Chapter 1: Definitions
Chapter 2: Louisiana Cemetery Board
Chapter 3: Publicly Owned Cemeteries
Chapter 3A: St. Mary Parish Cemetery District
Chapter 3B: Rapides Parish Cemetery District
Chapter 3C: Grant Parish Cemetery District
Chapter 3D: Lasalle Parish Cemetery District
Chapter 3E: Sweet Lake-Grand Lake Community Cemetery District of Cameron Parish
Chapter 3F: St. Landry Parish Cemetery District
Chapter 4: Cemetery Companies
Chapter 5: Acquisition of Cemetery Property
Chapter 6: Cemetery Sales and Management Organization
Chapter 6A: Abandoned Cemeteries
Chapter 7: Cemetery Care Fund
Chapter 8: Merchandise Trust Fund
Chapter 9: Mausoleums or Similar Structures
Chapter 10: Human Remains
Chapter 10A: La. Unmarked Human Burial Sites Preservation Act
Chapter 11: Undeveloped Land
Chapter 12: Title to and Rights in Cemetery Spaces
Chapter 13: Miscellaneous

Title 46

Professional and Occupational Standards

Part XIII. Cemetery Industry

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Title 46 - Chapters

Chapter 1*: General Provisions
Chapter 3: Organization
Chapter 5: Rulemaking Procedure
Chapter 7*: Certificate or License
Chapter 9: Cemetery Records and Documents
Chapter 11: Proceedings other than Rulemaking; General Procedural Rules
Chapter 13: Declaratory Orders and Rulings
Chapter 15*: Cemetery Care Fund
Chapter 17*: Merchandise Trust Fund
Chapter 19*: On-Site Inspections and Examinations
Chapter 21: Qualifications of Applicants for Certificates of Authority or a License
Chapter 23: Miscellaneous
Chapter 25: Construction; Divisibility

*Amended November 20, 2017