Louisiana Cemetery Board - Laws and Rules

Louisiana Revised Statutes
Title 8

Cemeteries

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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

*Effective January 1, 2017
Click here for a complete copy of TITLE 8 (excluding Sub-chapters 3A-3F and 10A). (Rev. 8/1/2024)

Title 46
PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XIII. Cemetery Industry

Chapter 1	General Provisions
Chapter 3	Organization
Chapter 5	Rule-Making 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
Click here for a complete copy of the NEW RULES.