{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-8-651","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 8:651","heading":"Interring or cremating","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 8. CEMETERIES","CHAPTER 10. HUMAN REMAINS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=106432","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:12Z","sha256":"9b153901a076f0bc992151018afeb8317c64492636013363ad4252da3aa81588","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-8-606","next":"us-la/rs-8-652"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}