Louisiana Code § RS 8:902

Underground burials; depth
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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 interment is in a burial vault, coping, or lawn crypt.

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