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urn: urn:us-la:rs:37:855
citation: "R.S. 37:855"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 37 › Chapter 10 › Part I"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2016, number: 143, section: 2, effective_date: 2016-05-19, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2020, number: 329, section: 1, effective_date: 2020-06-12, role: amendment }
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# Right to arrange funeral goods and services

A. The persons in the priority listed in R.S. 8:655 and R.S. 37:876 have the right to arrange with a funeral director or funeral establishment for funeral goods and services, as defined in R.S. 37:831, in preparation for the disposition of the remains of a decedent.

B. There is no liability for a funeral director, funeral establishment, or any respective employee for following the directions or relying on the representation of a person representing himself to be the person who has the prior right to arrange the funeral goods and services for the remains of a decedent in accordance with Subsection A of this Section.

C. There shall be no liability for a funeral director, funeral establishment, or any respective employee for permitting any interested person to view human remains in the care of the funeral director or funeral establishment.