§ 5-502. Public thoroughfares in cemeteries

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   (a) Opening public thoroughfare prohibited. -- An alley, canal, road, or other public thoroughfare may not be opened through property of a cemetery if that property is used or to be used for burial.

(b) Obstructing public road or future site prohibited. -- This section does not authorize a registered cemeterian, permit holder, or other person to obstruct:

   (1) a public road in use when the cemetery is formed; or

   (2) the site of a future public road that, when the cemetery is formed, is shown on a plat made by authority of the State, a county, or a municipal corporation.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 23, § 163; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; 1997, ch. 675, § 1, 2; 2007, ch. 348, § 2.

                    
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