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LA Rev Stat § 34:802 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§802. Injury or damage by careless navigation; privilege on vessels

RS 802 - Injury or damage by careless navigation; privilege on vessels In all cases where any injury, loss or damage is caused or occasioned within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Louisiana to the person or property of any person by carelessness, neglect or want of skill in the navigation, direction or management of any vessel, the person suffering such injury shall have a first lien and privilege on the offending vessel for the amount of the injury, loss or damage.
LA Rev Stat § 34:803 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§803. Proceedings in rem

RS 803 - Proceedings in rem The person suffering the injury, loss, or damage may proceed in rem against the offending vessel to recover therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the procedure provided in this Sub-part.
LA Rev Stat § 34:804 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§804. Venue of actions

RS 804 - Venue of actions The venue of actions prosecuted under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be, at the option of the person suffering injury, loss, or damage, either at the place where the injury, loss or damage occurred or where the offending vessel may be found.
LA Rev Stat § 34:805 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§805. Petition and bond

RS 805 - Petition and bond The person suffering the injury, loss or damage shall present an articulated verified petition to a court of competent jurisdiction setting out the nature of his demand, and, as nearly as possible, the amount of the injury, loss or damage, and claiming the lien and privilege on the offending vessel; he shall also pray that the vessel be seized and sold to satisfy his claim with legal interest and costs of the suit; and with such petition the plaintiff, the state and all agencies and political subdivisions thereof excepted, shall file a bond with security in the penal sum of two hundred and fifty dollars in favor of the clerk of court for the benefit of whomsoever it may concern, conditioned to pay all costs of the proceeding and all damages which may be suffered by the owner or other person entitled to the possession of the seized vessel in the event it will thereafter be determined that the seizure will have been wrongfully obtained, but if the plaintiff's claim be dismissed on the merits, the seizure shall not be deemed to have been wrongfully obtained.
LA Rev Stat § 34:806 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§806. Provisional seizure of vessel

RS 806 - Provisional seizure of vessel Upon the filing of the petition and bond, the court shall issue an order, in the manner now or hereafter provided for the issuance of writs of provisional seizure, directed to the sheriff ordering him to provisionally seize and take into his possession the offending vessel and hold the same subject to further orders of the court, and directing at the same time that public notice be given to all persons interested to appear within fifteen days to answer the petition so presented; and thereupon the sheriff shall provisionally seize and take into his possession the offending vessel and hold her subject to the further orders of the court, and shall cause public notice thereof and of the time assigned for the filing of an answer to the petition to be given by public notice published three times within ten days in a daily newspaper of general circulation at the place where the proceeding is pending, or if there is no such newspaper then public notice shall be given in any manner that the court shall direct, by publication at any place within the state, posting or otherwise.
LA Rev Stat § 34:807 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§807. Stay of execution; release bonds

RS 807 - Stay of execution; release bonds A. In any case where a writ of provisional seizure has been issued for the seizure of such offending vessel, the sheriff shall stay the execution of process, or if the process has been levied, shall discharge the seized vessel, and deliver it to the claimant thereof if the claimant has waived objection to jurisdiction in the cause in which the writ of provisional seizure was issued, and on receiving from the claimant a bond or stipulation in an amount one and one-half times that claimed by the plaintiff, with sufficient surety to be approved by the sheriff to whom the writ of provisional seizure has been directed, conditioned to satisfy any judgment rendered in the cause in which the writ of provisional seizure has been issued. B. However, if the suit is for unliquidated damages, the claimant of the offending vessel, in lieu of furnishing a bond in an amount one and one-half times that of the plaintiff's claim, may apply to the judge of the court in which the proceeding is pending for a reduction of the amount of the bond, and the judge is authorized in his discretion, and after such summary proceedings as he may direct, to fix the amount of the bond at that sufficient to adequately secure the payment of the injury, loss, or damage which has been suffered by the plaintiff. C.(1) In any case where the amount claimed by the plaintiff exceeds the then fair value of the offending vessel, the claimant may without waiving objection to jurisdiction apply to the court to appoint, and thereupon the court shall appoint, two competent appraisers to ascertain the then fair value of the offending vessel and report the same to the court, reserving to either party the right to contest the valuation so fixed in a summary proceeding on competent evidence to be submitted to the court, whereupon the court shall determine the then fair value of the vessel and shall fix the bond at such sum, and if it will be less than one and one-half times the plaintiff's claim, the claimant of the offending vessel may have it delivered to him upon giving bond in the amount so fixed by the court, and any judgment rendered in said cause shall be executory only up to the amount of the bond so furnished. (2) The release bond shall be returned by the sheriff to the court, and if the plaintiff recovers a judgment it shall be rendered in solido against the claimant of the vessel, the principal, and the surety on the release bond. Acts 1997, No. 578, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 34:808 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§808. Intervention of interested parties

RS 808 - Intervention of interested parties Any person having any interest therein may claim the offending vessel and file an articulate verified answer to the plaintiff's petition, and thereafter the cause shall proceed contradictorily between the plaintiff and the claimant-respondent in the manner provided for the disposition of civil suits at law, except as otherwise herein specifically provided.
LA Rev Stat § 34:809 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§809. Ex parte proceedings upon claimant's failure to answer

RS 809 - Ex parte proceedings upon claimant's failure to answer If any claimant who has filed a release bond does not thereafter make due answer to the plaintiff's petition on or before the return day, the court shall on motion of the plaintiff declare the claimant in default, and thereafter the cause shall proceed ex parte, as provided for in the disposition of civil suits at law where the defendant has failed to appear and answer.
LA Rev Stat § 34:810 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§810. Procedure when offending vessel not claimed

RS 810 - Procedure when offending vessel not claimed If the offending vessel is not claimed on or before the return day of the process issued hereunder, the court shall proceed to determine the case ex parte, in the manner provided for in the disposition of civil suits at law where the defendant, after having been duly cited, does not appear and answer, and the court shall render a judgment in his favor and against the offending vessel for the amount which the plaintiff in the cause may be entitled to recover, with interest and costs, and thereupon, when the judgment will have become final within the time prescribed for the finality of judgments in civil proceedings at law, and the said judgment has not been appealed from as provided in the Code of Civil Procedure for appeals from money judgments, the plaintiff may issue execution against the offending vessel and have it seized under a writ of fieri facias and sold to pay the amount of plaintiff's judgment, with interest and costs, by preference and priority over all persons whomsoever. Any amount remaining in the hands of the sheriff after the payment of the plaintiff's judgment, with interest and costs, shall be disposed of by the sheriff as provided by the laws of Louisiana for the disposition of property in the hands of the sheriff belonging to unknown persons.
LA Rev Stat § 34:811 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§811. Sale of vessel, procedure

RS 811 - Sale of vessel, procedure If a claimant of the offending vessel does not give bond for the release thereof on or before the return day of the process, or makes application to the court to fix the amount of the bond in one of the methods provided in R.S. 34:807 and thereafter gives the bond within ten days of the date that the court will fix the amount thereof, the plaintiff may make an ex parte application to the court, and the court shall order that the vessel shall be sold at public sale in the manner provided for the sale of personal property under a writ of fieri facias, and the proceeds of said sale shall be retained by the sheriff as security to satisfy any judgment which may be rendered in the pending cause.
LA Rev Stat § 34:812 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§812. Suits in personam; joinder

RS 812 - Suits in personam; joinder The plaintiff in any proceeding hereunder may, at his option, join a suit in personam against the vessel's owner or any other party who may be responsible to the plaintiff for the injury, loss or damage sued for.
LA Rev Stat § 34:813 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§813. Rules of procedure; time for appeal

RS 813 - Rules of procedure; time for appeal In any proceeding hereunder, the court shall follow the rules of procedure prescribed for the trial of civil suits at law to the extent that they are not inconsistent with any provision hereof, and all appeals taken from any judgment rendered shall be taken in the time and in the method provided for appeals in civil suits at law for money demands.
LA Rev Stat § 34:814 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§814. Sale of vessel when damaged or subject to deterioration

RS 814 - Sale of vessel when damaged or subject to deterioration If any offending vessel, upon seizure by the sheriff, is in a damaged condition so that the expense of keeping the same is excessive or disproportionate, or if it is liable to be lost or suffer injury or great deterioration by being detained in custody, the court may, on the application of the sheriff or on the application of either party, order the offending vessel to be sold at public sale, without appraisement, for cash, after such advertisement and at such time and place as the court may direct; provided that prior to adjudication of the vessel at any such sale any claimant of such offending vessel may cause the same to be released from seizure and delivered to him upon appearing and giving bond in the manner hereinabove provided.
LA Rev Stat § 34:815 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§815. Costs; stipulation for payment; insufficiency of release bond

RS 815 - Costs; stipulation for payment; insufficiency of release bond In all cases the court may, on the filing of the petition or the appearance of any respondent or claimant, or at any other time, require the plaintiff or claimant or both, the State of Louisiana, the agencies and the political subdivisions thereof excepted, to give a stipulation or additional stipulation with sufficient sureties in such sum as the court shall direct to pay all costs which may be awarded against either of them by the final decree of the court or on an appeal by any appellate court. In the event that any party considers that the surety on any release bond filed has become insufficient or insolvent after the filing of the bond, on application to the court and due showing of such insufficiency or insolvency, the court shall order a proper and solvent surety to be furnished within a time to be fixed by the court; and if the bond is not filed within such delay, the party obligated to file it shall be in default and thereafter the cause shall proceed just as if no appearance had been entered by him.
LA Rev Stat § 34:816 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§816. Time for seizure of vessel; peremption of privilege

RS 816 - Time for seizure of vessel; peremption of privilege If the offending vessel is not seized within one year after the cause of action created under this Sub-part against it has arisen, the lien and privilege shall perempt, and thereafter no proceedings shall lie to enforce it; provided that the offending vessel is within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Louisiana continuously during the ten consecutive calendar days immediately preceding the termination of the said one year period; otherwise, the lien and privilege and the proceedings to enforce it shall continue and remain in full force and effect after the termination of the one year period until the offending vessel thereafter will be continuously within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Louisiana for ten consecutive calendar days, or for a period aggregating thirty non-consecutive calendar days, whichever will occur first, but thereafter the lien and privilege hereby created shall perempt and no further proceedings shall lie to enforce it.
LA Rev Stat § 34:817 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§817. Waiver of provisions

RS 817 - Waiver of provisions None of the provisions of this Sub-part shall be deemed to be jurisdictional so as to require compliance therewith where the parties to the litigation herein provided for shall waive such provisions in writing.
LA Rev Stat § 34:831 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§831. Pleasure craft; tolls; wharfage

RS 831 - Pleasure craft; tolls; wharfage All water crafts propelled by internal combustion engines, when owned and used exclusively for pleasure purposes shall be exempt from the payment of tolls in the canals and waterways owned by the State of Louisiana when the said water craft are twenty feet in length and under.  In canals and waterways owned by the state the wharfage or dockage space charge shall not be more than twelve dollars per year on all craft coming within the meaning of this section.
LA Rev Stat § 34:832 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§832. Wood taken by commander of vessel; payment

RS 832 - Wood taken by commander of vessel; payment Whenever the captain or other person in command of any steamboat takes or causes to be taken from any woodyard, any cordwood or wood of any other kind, he shall pay the price demanded by the owner thereof. If he refuses or neglects to pay the price demanded, the owner of the boat shall pay the price thereof, together with fifty per cent. on such price, as damages resulting from the non-payment thereof. Such damages shall in no case exceed fifty dollars, unless on proof of damage to a greater extent.
LA Rev Stat § 34:833 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§833. Proof by owner of wood taken; penalty for false affidavit

RS 833 - Proof by owner of wood taken; penalty for false affidavit It shall not be necessary for the owner of wood to furnish proof of his claim against any steamboat for cordwood taken, other than his affidavit, setting forth all the material facts connected with the taking of such wood, and refusal to pay therefor, accompanied with a certificate of the judge, or of a justice of the peace, in case of the absence or death of the judge of the parish in which the affiant lives, that he is of good standing as to veracity, and is a citizen of that parish, which affidavit and certificate shall be prima facie evidence. Any person making such affidavit falsely shall be guilty of perjury, and shall, on conviction, be punished according to law.
LA Rev Stat § 34:834 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§834. Lights on steamboats; penalty for failure to have

RS 834 - Lights on steamboats; penalty for failure to have All captains or commanders of steamboats navigating lakes, rivers, or bayous within the jurisdiction of the State of Louisiana, shall, when running during the night be compelled to hoist each two lights, both on the hurricane deck, one forward, and the other at the stern, which lights shall be kept up without intermission throughout the night, under the penalty of five hundred dollars for every failure or neglect, to be recovered of the captain or other commanding officer of such steamboat, one-half of which penalty shall be for the use of the informer.
LA Rev Stat § 34:835 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§835. Vessels in Atchafalaya bay; discharge of ballast; penalty for unlawful discharge

RS 835 - Vessels in Atchafalaya bay; discharge of ballast; penalty for unlawful discharge No one in command of any vessel arriving in the Atchafalaya bay in less than five fathoms of water, having ballast on board, shall discharge any portion thereof into the bay, nor into water near thereto having a depth of less than five fathoms; the ballast of such vessels shall be discharged at such place or places as shall be designated to them, by the persons appointed to superintend the discharging of the ballast from on board all vessels that may come into the waters of the said bay.  Whoever violates the foregoing provisions as to the manner of discharging ballast, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and not less than two hundred dollars.
LA Rev Stat § 34:836 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§836. Atchafalaya pilots as ballast masters; duties; penalty for failure to perform

RS 836 - Atchafalaya pilots as ballast masters; duties; penalty for failure to perform The pilots of the Atchafalaya bay and river, shall be ex officio ballast masters, whose duty it shall be to carry into effect the provisions of R.S. 34:835 through R.S. 34:839, in relation to the discharging of ballast in the waters of the Atchafalaya bay and river; any pilot refusing or neglecting to perform the services imposed on him may be prosecuted every time he may so offend, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars and not less than one hundred dollars.  All of the pilots, or a majority of them, shall determine upon a suitable place or places, where all vessels which may receive their cargoes or a part of them in the bay, shall be required to discharge their ballast, and the pilots shall mark out by stakes the place or places which they select for such purpose.
LA Rev Stat § 34:837 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§837. Vessels entering Atchafalaya bay; place of taking pilot; duty of pilot

RS 837 - Vessels entering Atchafalaya bay; place of taking pilot; duty of pilot All vessels coming in from sea to the Atchafalaya bay, for the purpose of receiving cargo, shall take a pilot on board when he offers his services outside of the reefs. The pilot shall examine whether the vessel has any ballast on board, and when ballast is found, the vessel shall be conducted by said pilot to the place selected for the discharging of ballast, where the captain or master of said vessel must discharge his ballast; if the vessel has no ballast on board she shall be conducted by the pilot to the usual anchorage.
LA Rev Stat § 34:838 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§838. Vessels going into Atchafalaya River; discharge of ballast; penalty for unlawful discharge

RS 838 - Vessels going into Atchafalaya River; discharge of ballast; penalty for unlawful discharge All vessels which may hereafter come into the Atchafalaya bay, with the intention of going, and do actually go, into the Atchafalaya river, shall not discharge their ballast in the bay, but must discharge their ballast on the banks of the river, or on the banks of some of the bayous connected therewith. Whoever discharges the ballast of such vessels in the bed of the river or in the waters of the bay, having a depth of less than five fathoms, shall be fined not more than five hundred, nor less than two hundred dollars.
LA Rev Stat § 34:839 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§839. Proceedings before justices of the peace for violations

RS 839 - Proceedings before justices of the peace for violations Whenever any person makes complaint under oath to any justice of the peace, that the captain, master or owner of any vessel, or that a pilot has violated any of the provisions of R.S. 34:836 through 34:839, the justice of the peace shall cause the person thus complained of to be brought before him, and if satisfied, from the evidence, that there is a probable cause for the complaint, he shall take a bond, with good security from the accused, in the sum of six hundred dollars, for his appearance at the next regular term of the district court of the parish where the offense has been committed, and if the accused refuses, neglects, or fails from any cause whatsoever to give such a bond, the justice of the peace shall commit the accused to the parish prison to be detained therein until discharged by due course of law.
LA Rev Stat § 34:840 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§840. Discharge of grading material into Mississippi River; penalty

RS 840 - Discharge of grading material into Mississippi River; penalty Any master or mate of any vessel, or other person who causes to be discharged into the Mississippi river or any of its tributaries, any ballast, gravel, sand or other material used for or suitable for filling or grading purposes, shall be fined not less than ten dollars and not more than one hundred dollars, and imprisoned not less than ten days and not more than thirty days or both. The enforcement of this Section shall not interfere with public works, the building of jetties, stopping of crevasses, or the enforcement of health ordinances.
LA Rev Stat § 34:841 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping|§841. Blowing the stacks prohibited

RS 841 - Blowing the stacks prohibited It shall be unlawful for the captain or pilot or anyone acting under the orders thereof of any vessel, as defined in R.S. 34:801, operating a vessel on the Mississippi River to "blow the stacks" on the vessel while the vessel is in port. As used in this Section to "blow the stacks" means to clean out the conduits and pipes of the vessel by the use of compressed air or steam from the boilers in such a manner that smoke, soot, oil residue, or other pollutants are released through the stacks of the vessel into the air.  Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 579, §1.