{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-32-300.3","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 32:300.3","heading":"Funeral processions","body":"A. As used in this Section, the term \"funeral procession\" shall mean two or more vehicles accompanying a deceased person or cremated human remains during daylight hours.\nB. Except for an authorized emergency or law enforcement vehicle making use of audible or visual signals, or when directed otherwise by a law enforcement officer, pedestrians and operators of all motor vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to each vehicle participating in a funeral procession. However, the operator of a motor vehicle may pass a funeral procession which is traveling in the right lane of a divided highway, multiple-lane highway, or interstate. If the procession has a police escort, whenever the lead vehicle in a funeral procession lawfully enters an intersection, the remainder of the vehicles in the procession may continue to follow through the intersection notwithstanding any signals from traffic control devices. A motor vehicle participating in a funeral procession shall not leave the procession while it is traveling unless specifically permitted to do so by a law enforcement officer or by making a right turn out of the procession. No motor vehicle which leaves a funeral procession shall be permitted to rejoin the procession. The operator of each vehicle participating in a funeral procession shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any other vehicle or pedestrian upon the roadway.\nC. No person shall operate a vehicle in a funeral procession unless the headlights of such vehicle are lighted and its emergency lights are flashing.\nD. This Section shall not create a cause of action or substantive legal rights against any funeral home, its director, or any of its employees or agents, or any law enforcement agency or officer. Furthermore, a funeral home, its director, or any of its employees or agents, or any law enforcement agency or officer shall not be held liable for a violation of this Section if the operator of a motor vehicle fails to exercise due care while participating in a funeral procession.\nE. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be assessed a penalty of one hundred dollars for each violation.","path":["TITLE 32. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=408738","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:20Z","sha256":"43a6848ae75437ba29c31b8f53f3112fb32e9b126c1be670e15f4ca4e23ac114","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-32-300.2","next":"us-la/rs-32-300.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}