CHAPTER 6-A. ABANDONED CEMETERIES

§411. Definitions

            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.