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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:203

  • Cemetery: means a place used or intended to be used for the interment of the human dead and, to the extent allowed in accordance with this Title, pet remains. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1
  • Cemetery authority: means any person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, trustee, partnership, association, or municipality owning, operating, controlling, or managing a cemetery or holding lands within this state for interment purposes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.

The requirement in La. Rev. Stat. 8:201 shall not apply to any cemetery authority that is in existence and operating on July 31, 1974, and any such cemetery authority may continue to operate despite the fact that it may be owned and operated at the time by a corporation, partnership, firm, trust, association, or individual.

Acts 1974, No. 417, §1; Acts 2014, No. 88, §1.