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La. R.S. 8:651

HUMAN REMAINS

Known as the Louisiana Unmarked Human Burial Sites Preservation Act

The act spans §§ 8–8 (54 sections).

Acts 1974, No. 417, §1.

CHAPTER 10. HUMAN REMAINS

§651. Interring or cremating

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.

Official source: Louisiana State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Louisiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.