Louisiana § RS 8:706 - Commencement and completion requirements
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§ RS 8:706. Commencement and completion requirements
A. A cemetery authority shall commence the installation of the necessary improvements to the undeveloped land in which sales, contracts for sales, or reservations for sales are being made, within twenty-four months after the date of the first such sale. The completion of all such necessary improvements shall be no later than forty-eight months after the date of the first sale. However, extensions for completion, not to exceed six months, may be granted by the board for reasonable cause, but in no event shall any such extension exceed one year, with the exception of extensions provided pursuant to Subsection B of this Section.
B. The board, at its discretion, may grant an extension to the time period set forth in Subsection A of this Section based upon the occurrence of a force majeure event. Such an extension shall be granted only for reasonable cause. Each force majeure event shall be treated as a separate incident.
C. Failure to commence or complete development within the time required in this Section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment of not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or both.
Acts 1974, No. 417, §1; Acts 2010, No. 63, §1; Acts 2022, No. 574, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Louisiana Civil Code § RS 8:706 cover?
Section RS 8:706 ("Commencement and completion requirements") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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