R.S. 8:651

Interring or cremating ACTIVE

Except in cases of lawful dissection or where a dead body shall rightfully be carried through or removed from the state for the purposes of interment or cremation elsewhere, every dead body of a human being lying within this state, and the remains of any dissected body, after dissection, shall be decently interred or cremated within a reasonable time after death.

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History

  • enactment Acts 1974, No. 417, §1

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La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 8:651 (2026).
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@misc{larevstat-8-651,
  title        = {La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 8:651},
  howpublished = {Louisiana Revised Statutes},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://theusufruct.com/rs/title-8/section-651},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-05-22}
}