Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:411

  • Abandoned cemetery: means any cemetery for which the board, in its discretion and after having been provided with the requisite title information establishing the title owner of the property, determines it is impossible or impractical to locate the current owner based upon its findings, including but not limited to a presentation of title history by the applicant for an abandoned cemetery sales and management license. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:411
  • Abandoned cemetery sales and management license: means any license issued by the board pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:411
  • Board: means the Louisiana Cemetery Board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:411
  • 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
  • Division: means the division of archaeology of the office of cultural development within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:411
  • Owner: means a person to whom the cemetery authority has transferred full title to or the right of use of or interment in any cemetery space and who appears as the title holder in the official records of the cemetery authority. 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

            As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

            (1) “Abandoned cemetery” means any cemetery for which the board, in its discretion and after having been provided with the requisite title information establishing the title owner of the property, determines it is impossible or impractical to locate the current owner based upon its findings, including but not limited to a presentation of title history by the applicant for an abandoned cemetery sales and management license.

            (2) “Abandoned cemetery sales and management license” means any license issued by the board pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

            (3) “Board” means the Louisiana Cemetery Board.

            (4) “Division” means the division of archaeology of the office of cultural development within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

            (5) “Licensee” means any person who has been issued an abandoned cemetery sales and management license by the board.

            Acts 2016, No. 413, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2022, No. 574, §1.