La. Rev. Stat. § 8:809

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Waiver of right of interment

Official statutory text

Any surviving spouse, parent, child, or heir having a right of interment in an interment space may waive such right in favor of any other relative or spouse of a relative of the deceased record owner. Upon such waiver, the remains of the person in whose favor the waiver is made may be interred in the interment space.

Acts 1974, No. 417, §1; Acts 2022, No. 574, §1.

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