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2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 8:902 — Underground burials; depth

§902.  Underground burials; depth

Any cemetery sexton or other person digging graves for underground interments shall dig sufficiently deep to allow for at least two feet of soil to cover the entire area of the casket, unless the said interment is in a burial vault, coping or lawn crypt.

Acts 1974, No. 417, §1.

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