§ 5-505. Use of casket

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   (a) Casket not required. -- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person may not require that a cremation be performed with a casket. However, the use of a simple container may be required.

(b) Use of casket. -- The person arranging for final disposition of a body may specify that a casket:

   (1) Be used before cremation;

   (2) Be consumed during cremation;

   (3) Be used after cremation; or

   (4) Not be used before, during, or after cremation.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 367A; 1982, ch. 21, § 2.

                    
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