{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-40-52","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 40:52","heading":"Permit for removal, burial, cremation, or other disposition of body for a death in state; requirements to obtain death certificate before removing body out of the continental United States","body":"When a death or spontaneous fetal death (stillbirth) occurs in this state or when a dead human body is found, the deceased, stillborn child, or dead human body shall not be interred, deposited in a vault or tomb, removed from the state, cremated, or otherwise disposed of until a burial transit permit has been issued by a local registrar. However, a dead human body shall not be removed from the continental United States until a burial transit permit has been issued and a death certificate has been completed by the parish coroner or a physician as required in R.S. 40:34.10(19).","path":["TITLE 40. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=98583","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:22Z","sha256":"ddeb12c44d5aed5e33435d999b90a0a8d5b484e6eed98ff557e7d127b4fdb35a","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-40-51","next":"us-la/rs-40-53"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}