Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:401

  • Board: means the Louisiana Cemetery Board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1
  • Cemetery: means a place used or intended to be used for the interment of the human dead and, to the extent allowed in accordance with this Title, pet remains. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1
  • Cemetery management organization: means a legal entity contracting as an independent contractor with a cemetery authority to manage a cemetery, but does not mean individual managers employed by or contracting directly with cemetery authorities operating under this title. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, trust, or any other legal entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1

            No person shall engage in the business of a cemetery sales organization or a cemetery management organization except as authorized by this Title and without first obtaining a license from the board.

            Acts 1974, No. 417, §1; Acts 2022, No. 574, §1.