Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:863 – Substitution of guaranteed funeral goods and services
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:863
- Buyer: means the person entering into a preneed funeral contract with a licensed funeral establishment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:831
- Casket: means a rigid container which is designed for the encasement of human remains usually constructed of wood, metal, fiberglass, or other similar material and ornamented and lined with fabric, which may or may not be combustible, for transportation, or for other disposition. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:831
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Funeral: means the observances held for a dead person usually before burial or cremation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:831
- Funeral establishment: means any place or premises duly licensed by the board and devoted to or used in the care and preparation for disposition of the body of a deceased person or maintained or held out to the public by advertising or otherwise as the office or place for the practice of funeral directing. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:831
- Funeral recipient: means the individual for whom funeral goods and services are to be provided under the terms of a preneed funeral contract. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:831
If any guaranteed funeral goods or services which were selected by the buyer in a preneed funeral contract are unavailable at the time of the death of the funeral recipient of that contract, the funeral establishment shall offer a similar casket or other funeral goods or services of equal quality, value and workmanship as the unavailable funeral goods or services.
Acts 2008, No. 799, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.