Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:408

  • 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

            Any person, cemetery sales organization, or cemetery management organization violating the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment of not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or both, and shall be subject to revocation of his or its license to operate.

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