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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:705

  • Human remains: means the body of a deceased person and includes the body in any stage of decomposition, as well as cremated remains. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1
  • Interment: means the disposition of human remains by inurnment, scattering, entombment, or burial in a place used or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1

            The penalties of this Title shall not apply as to any land that is being used for the interment of human remains if the continued use of such land is not in violation of the laws for the protection of public health.

            Acts 1974, No. 417, §1; Acts 2022, No. 574, §1.