RS 8	TITLE 8.CEMETERIES
RS 8:1	Definitions
RS 8:61	Cemetery board created; appointments; terms
RS 8:62	Qualifications of members
RS 8:63	Compensation; expenses
RS 8:64	Officers; administrative director; employees
RS 8:65	Meetings
RS 8:66	Administration and enforcement of law
RS 8:66.1	Investigations
RS 8:66.2	Cease and desist orders
RS 8:67	Rules and regulations
RS 8:68	Hearings
RS 8:69	Actions to enforce law; attorney general; special counsel
RS 8:69.1	Service of pleadings upon board
RS 8:69.2	Receiverships; procedure; powers, duties, and qualifications; disposition of cemetery
RS 8:70	Application for certificate of authority
RS 8:71	Proof of applicant's compliance with law, rules, and regulations; financial responsibility and reputation
RS 8:72	Certificates; regulatory charges; suspension; restoration; late charge; requirement of certificate
RS 8:73	Regulatory charges; rate
RS 8:74	Sale or interment; certificate of authority; penalty
RS 8:75	Refusal to grant, revocation, or suspension of certificate; injunction; fines; additional orders
RS 8:76	Sale or transfer of cemetery authority; application for new certificate of authority; compliance required; late charge
RS 8:77	Cemetery fund
RS 8:78	Exemptions; exempt certificates of authority; renewal; fees
RS 8:79	Actions for violation of this Title
RS 8:101	PUBLICLY OWNED CEMETERIES
RS 8:102	Ordinance creating cemetery; location
RS 8:103	Anticipation of revenues; bonds or certificates; taxes
RS 8:104	Funds for support and improvement; special municipal election authorized
RS 8:105	Maximum tax; use of proceeds
RS 8:106	Rules and regulations; sexton and other employees
RS 8:107	Gifts, donations, and contributions
RS 8:108	Expropriation
RS 8:109	Lots, plots, or burial spaces; permits for interment; sale
RS 8:110	Contract to assure proper care; maintenance; and control
RS 8:111	Roads and drainage; parishes may provide
RS 8:112	Expropriation of abandoned private cemeteries
RS 8:113	Powers of parish governing authorities
RS 8:114	Publicly owned cemeteries; mandatory trust accounts
RS 8:121	St. Mary Parish Cemetery District; creation; location
RS 8:122	Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers
RS 8:123	Corporate status; purpose; powers and duties
RS 8:124	District as political subdivision; election imposing taxes, maximum tax; authority
RS 8:131	Rapides Parish Cemetery District; creation; location
RS 8:131.1	Board of commissioners; membership; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers
RS 8:131.2	Powers and duties of the board; grants; donations
RS 8:132	Grant Parish Cemetery District; creation; boundaries; purpose
RS 8:132.1	Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers
RS 8:132.2	Corporate status; powers and duties
RS 8:132.3	District as a political subdivision; election imposing taxes, maximum tax; authority
RS 8:133	LaSalle Parish Cemetery District; creation; boundaries; purpose
RS 8:133.1	Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers
RS 8:133.2	Corporate status; powers and duties
RS 8:133.3	District as a political subdivision; election imposing taxes, maximum tax; authority
RS 8:135	Sweet Lake - Grand Lake Community Cemetery District; creation; boundaries; purpose
RS 8:135.1	Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers
RS 8:135.2	Corporate status; powers and duties
RS 8:141	St. Landry Parish Cemetery District; creation; boundaries; purpose
RS 8:141.1	Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; officers
RS 8:141.2	Corporate status; powers and duties
RS 8:141.3	District as a political subdivision; election imposing taxes, maximum tax; authority
RS 8:201	Incorporation required
RS 8:202	Corporations; how organized
RS 8:203	Prior operations not affected
RS 8:204	Specific powers; rulemaking and enforcement
RS 8:205	Rules and regulations; posting
RS 8:206	Contracts required; disclosure
RS 8:301	ACQUISITION OF CEMETERY PROPERTY
RS 8:302	Surveys and maps
RS 8:303	Maps and plats; amendment
RS 8:304	Permanency of dedication
RS 8:305	Rule against perpetuities, etc., inapplicable
RS 8:306	Removal of dedication; procedure
RS 8:307	Notice of hearing
RS 8:308	Sale of cemetery spaces; abandoned spaces defined; sale of abandoned spaces
RS 8:308.1	Franklin; interment space ownership
RS 8:309	Execution of conveyances
RS 8:310	Interment spaces indivisible
RS 8:311	Commission on sales prohibited
RS 8:312	Employment of solicitors prohibited
RS 8:313	Exemption from seizure and sale; mortgage prohibited
RS 8:314	Record of ownership and transfers
RS 8:315	Inspection of records
RS 8:316	Opening of roads and railroads through cemetery; consent required; exception
RS 8:317	Certain cemetery lands exempt from taxes
RS 8:401	License to engage in business
RS 8:402	Application for license
RS 8:403	Application fee; annual fee
RS 8:404	Investigation by board
RS 8:405	Issuance of license; board's discretion
RS 8:406	Denial procedure
RS 8:407	Sale or transfer of cemetery sales or cemetery management organization; application for new license; compliance required
RS 8:408	Penalties
RS 8:411	Definitions
RS 8:412	Application for license; qualifications; fees
RS 8:413	Licensee authority; restrictions
RS 8:414	Additional powers of the board
RS 8:415	Labor by prisoners permitted
RS 8:416	Liability
RS 8:417	Inadvertent discovery
RS 8:418	Scope
RS 8:451	Corporate operation
RS 8:452	Certification of trust fund in articles of incorporation; amendments
RS 8:453	Cemeteries in existence on August 1, 1962; acts prohibited
RS 8:454	Trust funds required; master trust funds
RS 8:454.1	Administration of trust funds; maintenance; exemption from seizure
RS 8:454.2	Income distribution methods; application; restrictions
RS 8:454.3	Merger of cemetery trust funds
RS 8:455	Annual report by cemeteries
RS 8:456	Annual report by trustee; final accounting by trustee required
RS 8:456.1	Resignation of trustee; orderly transfer of trust fund
RS 8:457	Application of chapter
RS 8:458	Prohibited acts; injunctions
RS 8:459	Cemeteries exempt
RS 8:459.1	Trust fund transfers
RS 8:460	Penalties
RS 8:461	Examination of endowment funds; expenses
RS 8:462	Examination expense; effect of refusal to pay; disposition
RS 8:463	Powers, duties, and records concerning examination of funds
RS 8:464	Action required when authority fails to deposit minimum endowment or perpetual funds
RS 8:465	Order requiring reinvestment in compliance with law; actions for preservation and protection
RS 8:466	Annual report of cemetery authority; contents; fees
RS 8:467	Examination of reports
RS 8:501	Application
RS 8:502	Payments to trust; amounts required; master trust fund
RS 8:502.1	Determination of personal property delivery
RS 8:502.2	Suppliers
RS 8:502.3	Trust fund exempt from seizure
RS 8:503	Withdrawals from trust
RS 8:504	Payments to purchaser; change of domicile
RS 8:505	Annual reports by trustee; final accounting by trustee required
RS 8:505.1	Annual report by cemeteries or other entities; report filing fee
RS 8:505.2	Resignation of trustee; orderly transfer of trust fund
RS 8:506	Examination by board; expenses
RS 8:506.1	Failure to make required deposits; action
RS 8:507	Nonwaiver of provisions of Chapter
RS 8:508	Penalties
RS 8:509	Trustee's duty of care
RS 8:510	Exceptions; trust fund transfers
RS 8:511	Nonretroactive effect
RS 8:512	Examination of reports
RS 8:601	Application of Chapter
RS 8:602	Standards of construction
RS 8:603	Ordinances and specifications to be complied with
RS 8:604	Improper construction a nuisance; penalty
RS 8:605	Construction in compliance with existing laws
RS 8:606	Commencement and completion requirements; application form; application fee
RS 8:651	HUMAN REMAINS
RS 8:652	Unlawful disposal of remains
RS 8:653	Opening graves; stealing body; receiving same
RS 8:654	Mutilating, disinterring human remains; penalty
RS 8:655	Right of disposing of remains; military personnel; limitation of liability
RS 8:656	Effect of authorization
RS 8:657	Right to rely on such authorization
RS 8:658	Liability for damages; limitation
RS 8:659	Permission to move remains
RS 8:660	Exceptions
RS 8:661	Undisposed remains; rules and regulations
RS 8:662	Record of remains to be kept
RS 8:663	Collection, analysis, and reburial of exposed human skeletal remains
RS 8:671	Short title
RS 8:672	Legislative declaration of intent
RS 8:673	Definitions
RS 8:674	Exclusions
RS 8:675	Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 438, §6B.
RS 8:676	Powers and duties of the secretary
RS 8:677	Revocation or suspension of permits
RS 8:678	Unlawful acts
RS 8:679	Civil remedies
RS 8:680	Discovery of unmarked burial sites, human skeletal remains, and burial artifacts
RS 8:681	Disposition of unmarked burial sites, human skeletal remains, and burial artifacts
RS 8:701	Application
RS 8:702	Standards of construction
RS 8:703	Compliance with ordinances and specifications
RS 8:704	Improper use a nuisance; penalty
RS 8:705	Construction in compliance with existing laws
RS 8:705.1	Commencement requirements; application form; application fee
RS 8:706	Commencement and completion requirements
RS 8:801	Recognized owner of title
RS 8:802	Transfer of ownership rights
RS 8:803	Descent of title to cemetery space
RS 8:804	Affidavit as authorization
RS 8:805	When right of interment or cemetery space is inalienable
RS 8:806	Rights of co-owners
RS 8:807	Co-owners; identification
RS 8:808	Co-owners may designate representative
RS 8:809	Waiver of right of interment
RS 8:810	Termination of vested right by waiver
RS 8:811	Limitations on vested rights
RS 8:812	Conveyance of cemetery spaces; formality and recordation
RS 8:813	Correction of errors
RS 8:814	Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, §6.
RS 8:901	Unlawful to use, lease, or sell for drilling, mining, or prospecting; penalty
RS 8:902	Underground burials; depth
RS 8:903	Maintenance of cemetery spaces more than fifty years old; sale of repaired abandoned cemetery spaces
RS 8:903.1	Cemeteries; maintenance of vaults and wall vaults more than fifty years old; reclamation by authority
RS 8:904	Speculative sales and purchases prohibited; penalties
RS 8:905	Upkeep of cemeteries; local ordinance authorized; penalty; definition of shareholder
RS 8:906	Additional ad valorem tax; Evangeline Parish
RS 8:907	Interment of pet remains
RS 8:908	Abatement of public health or safety risks in abandoned cemeteries