§52. Permit for removal, burial, cremation, or other disposition of body for a
death in state; requirements to obtain death certificate before removing
body out of the continental United States
When a death or spontaneous fetal death (stillbirth) occurs in this state
or when a dead human body is found, the deceased, stillborn child, or dead
human body shall not be interred, deposited in a vault or tomb, removed from
the state, cremated, or otherwise disposed of until a burial transit permit has
been issued by a local registrar. However, a dead human body shall not be
removed from the continental United States until a burial transit permit has
been issued and a death certificate has been completed by the parish coroner
or a physician as required in R.S. 40:34.10(19).
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 2003, No. 657, §1.