Louisiana § RS 8:805 - When right of interment or cemetery space is inalienable
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 8:805 — When right of interment or cemetery space is inalienable, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 8:805. When right of interment or cemetery space is inalienable
Subject to the approval of the cemetery authority, any cemetery space in any cemetery may be conveyed by the owner or owners, by proper instrument in a form approved by the cemetery authority, or such conveyance may be so provided in the last will and testament of the owner to the cemetery authority in perpetual trust for its preservation as a place of interment and shall thereafter remain forever inalienable by act of the parties. The right to use the cemetery space as a place of interment of the dead of the family of the owner and his descendants shall descend from generation to generation, unless the act of conveyance in trust provides that interments in the space shall be confined to the remains of specified persons, in which case the space shall be forever preserved for the remains of the persons so specified and shall never be used for any other purpose.
Acts 1974, No. 417, §1; Acts 2022, No. 574, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Louisiana § RS 8:805
What does Louisiana Civil Code § RS 8:805 cover?
Section RS 8:805 ("When right of interment or cemetery space is inalienable") 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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