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LA Rev Stat § 3:2436 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2436. Sale of animal on owner's failure to pay for treatment

RS 2436 - Sale of animal on owner's failure to pay for treatment After the animal has been cared for and treated the owner of the stable as well as the veterinarian treating the animal shall notify the president of the society by sending a statement of their charges, and the president of the society shall cause a registered notice to be sent to the owner of the animal, apprising him of the fact that the animal is ready to resume service and advising him as to the amount of the charges. Should the owner not take the animal and pay the charges within five days after the receipt of the notice, the society may sell the animal at public auction in the manner now provided by law for judicial sales; the excess of the charges and expenses shall go to the owner of the animal. Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2437 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2437. Liability of society to stable or veterinarian; privilege upon animals

RS 2437 - Liability of society to stable or veterinarian; privilege upon animals The humane society shall be liable to the stable or veterinarian for their expenses and services under this Part, but only as per the scale of charges agreed upon, and the society may remove the animals and change surgeons at its pleasure. A privilege is created upon all animals treated as above set out, in favor of the humane society, and it shall be superior to any other privilege on the animals. Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2438 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2438. Opportunity to owner to treat animal if proper treatment is given

RS 2438 - Opportunity to owner to treat animal if proper treatment is given No officer of any humane society, or other officer, shall remove any animal to their stable or one designated by them, or to engage any veterinarian to treat any animals as provided herein, without first giving the owner the privilege of removing the animal to his own stable or a stable designated by him; the owner may furnish his own treatment or veterinarian, at all times, but the officer of the humane society may inspect the animal at all times, and if in his opinion the treatment accorded the animal is not proper or beneficial, the officer may place him in the society's stable or designated stable and under the care of their own surgeon as herein above set out. Should there be a disagreement as to the merits of the treatment of the animal, it shall be decided as set out in R.S. 3:2435. Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2438.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2438.1. Horse aftercare; definition

RS 2438.1 - Horse aftercare; definition  "Horse aftercare" means the providing for the retraining or retiring of thoroughbreds and quarter horses that have participated at licensed race tracks in Louisiana.  Acts 2019, No. 221, §1; Acts 2019, No. 328, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2439 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2439. Court review of humane society's treatment of animal; damages limited to costs

RS 2439 - Court review of humane society's treatment of animal; damages limited to costs Any person feeling himself aggrieved at the action of the humane society or its officers may try the issues before a court of competent jurisdiction, but the issues meant herein shall only be as to whether the animal's condition is such as to warrant action by the society or whether the animal is in condition to be used, before or after treatment, or whether the treatment accorded the animal by the owner, as set out in R.S. 3:2438 is proper or beneficial; no damages except the actual court costs shall be assessed against the society.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2440 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2440. Resisting officers; penalty

RS 2440 - Resisting officers; penalty Whoever resists the officers empowered herein, in carrying out the provisions of this Part, shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, or imprisoned not less than five nor more than twenty-five days, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2451 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2451. Short title

RS 2451 - Short title This Part may be referred to as the Louisiana Abandoned Animals Act. Added by Acts 1978, No. 692, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2452 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2452. Abandoned animals

RS 2452 - Abandoned animals  A. An animal shall be considered abandoned when the owner thereof has not paid the charge for veterinary services, including medical, or for boarding, within ten days after rendition to the owner of the invoice for such services or boarding and no other agreement with the owner has been reached for the payment of such charge for services or boarding. The person to whom the charges are due may then give notice, as provided in R.S. 3:2453.  B. After a declared emergency, an animal shall be considered abandoned when such animal is receiving temporary shelter services in a facility operated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the owner has not claimed the animal within thirty days of the declared emergency and a reasonable effort has been made to contact the owner.  C. The owner of an abandoned animal shall be deemed to have relinquished all rights and claims to such animal by virtue of such abandonment, except as provided in R.S. 3:2454(B).  Added by Acts 1978, No. 692, §1; Acts 1997, No. 976, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2017, No. 41, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2453 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2453. Notice requirements; freedom from liability

RS 2453 - Notice requirements; freedom from liability A. The notice required in R.S. 3:2452(A) above shall be given to the owner of the animal or the owner's agent at his last known address by registered mail or by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall contain a statement that if the animal is not claimed within ten days after receipt of the notice, the animal may be sold, donated, turned over to the nearest humane society or animal control center, or otherwise disposed of as the person having custody of the animal may deem proper. B. In the event that the notice described in Subsection A cannot be delivered for any reason, or in the event that such notice is returned as "refused", "addressee unknown", "not at this address", or other similar designation, then the animal may be sold, donated, turned over to the nearest humane society or animal control agency, or otherwise disposed of as the person having custody of the animal may deem proper. C. The receipt of notice by the owner or his agent, or the return as "refused", "addressee unknown", "not at this address", or other similar designation, whichever is applicable, shall relieve the custodian of any liability for the sale, donation, euthanasia, or other disposal of the animal. Added by Acts 1978, No. 692, §1; Acts 1997, No. 976, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2454 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2454. Sale or disposal of animal; disposition of sale proceeds

RS 2454 - Sale or disposal of animal; disposition of sale proceeds A. If, in accordance with the notice, the animal is sold at public or private sale, the proceeds shall be applied to the amount, if any, due the custodian for any goods or services furnished to the animal, including all reasonable charges of notice, advertisement, and sale. The balance, if any, shall be paid to the owner of the animal, and the custodian shall retain the right to proceed against the owner for any deficiency. B. Prior to the time of sale of such animal or transfer thereof to the nearest humane society or animal control agency, or other disposal thereof, any person claiming the right of property or possession of such animal may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the charges for services rendered to the animal, or on behalf of the animal, including all reasonable charges of notice and sale. Upon payment of this amount, the animal shall be delivered to the person making the demand, if he is entitled to possession. Otherwise the animal shall be retained according to the terms of the notice, and shall be sold, or otherwise disposed of. Added by Acts 1978, No. 692, §1; Acts 1997, No. 976, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2461 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2461. Authority of parish governing authorities to adopt Part

RS 2461 - Authority of parish governing authorities to adopt Part In addition to and supplemental with any other authority granted to parish governing authorities by law, a parish governing authority may adopt an ordinance establishing minimum standards for animal shelters within the parish consistent with the provisions of this Part. Acts 1985, No. 806, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2462 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2462. Definitions

RS 2462 - Definitions  As used in this Part, the following words shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:  (1) "Animal dealer" means a person who receives payment for the transportation or delivery for transportation of any living or dead animal or who buys, sells, or negotiates the purchase or sale of any living or dead animal for research, teaching, exhibition, or biological supply.  (2) "Animal shelter" means any building, structure, site, enclosure, or other facility used or operated for the housing or keeping of any stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals including any facility designated by the parish governing authority for the keeping or housing of any impounded animals.  (3) "Biological supply facility" means any blood bank, laboratory, firm, association, corporation, copartnership, or educational institution that sells biological materials, including blood or living or dead animals, to research facilities, educational institutions, or veterinarians.  (4) "Cruelty" means every act or failure to act whereby unjustifiable physical pain or suffering is caused or permitted.  (5) "Euthanasia" or "euthanize" means the act of inducing a painless death upon an animal in a humane manner.  (6) "Person" means an individual, corporation, or association.  (7) "Primary enclosure" means any structure used to immediately restrict an animal or animals to a limited amount of space, such as a room, pen, run, cage, compartment, or hutch.  (8) "Research facility" means any school, institution, organization, or person that uses or intends to use animals in research or experiments.  (9) "Social media account" means an internet-based service that allows individuals to do the following:  (a) Construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system created by the service.  (b) Create a list of other users with whom they share a connection within the system.  (c) View and navigate their list of connections and those made by others within the system.  Acts 1985, No. 806, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2017, No. 184, §1; Acts 2019, No. 383, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2463 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2463. General shelter standards

RS 2463 - General shelter standards  A. Shelters shall be open for redemption and adoption of animals during posted or normal business hours. Hours of operation and emergency telephone number shall be prominently displayed.  B. Sewage disposal of waste matter shall comply with existing parish and state codes for sanitation.  C.(1) Shelters shall be inspected at least once every six months by an authorized representative of the parish to determine compliance with the requirements of this Part. Additional inspections shall be made promptly upon receipt of a bonafide complaint.  (2) The parish shall notify the director of the animal control agency or shelter of the inspector's name in writing. Each individual authorized to conduct shelter inspections for the parish shall annually attend training offered by an organization that provides accredited continuing education courses regarding shelter safety, animal welfare, and state compliance procedures, such as the Louisiana Animal Control Association. The training requirement shall apply only if an online training option is available. All training required by this Paragraph shall be approved by the state veterinarian.  D. Fees must be visibly posted and registered with the parish governing authority.  E. Shelter personnel shall annually attend training offered by an organization that provides accredited continuing education courses regarding shelter safety, animal welfare, and state compliance procedures, such as the Louisiana Animal Control Association and should be trained as to animal health, disease control, humane care and treatment, animal control and transportation of animals. Shelter workers shall be fundamentally humane, shall be able to identify and understand the principal animal diseases and injuries, and should have good judgment and even temperament. The training requirement shall apply only if an online training option is available. All training required by this Subsection shall be approved by the state veterinarian.  Acts 1985, No. 806, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2017, No. 184, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2466 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2466. Euthanasia of animals for research or biological supply

RS 2466 - Euthanasia of animals for research or biological supply  A.(1) An animal shelter that turns over euthanized animals to a research facility or biological supply facility shall post and maintain a sign in a place where it is clearly visible to all persons turning animals over to the shelter. The sign shall contain the following statement: "Animals Euthanized at This Shelter May Be Used for Educational or Research Purposes or to Supply Blood, Tissue, or Other Biological Products".  (2) The statement shall also be included on owner surrender forms in a size and style of font designed to be clearly visible to the owner.  B. No animal shelter or other person that accepts animals from the public or takes in stray or unwanted animals shall euthanize an animal for the sole purpose of transferring the carcass to a research facility, biological supply facility, or animal dealer.  C. No animal shelter or other person that accepts animals from the public or takes in stray or unwanted animals shall sell a living animal to a research facility, biological supply facility, animal dealer, or other person for the purpose of research or experimentation.  D. An animal shelter or other person that accepts animals from the public or takes in stray or unwanted animals may give or transfer a living animal for the purpose of research or instruction only if:  (1) Reasonable efforts to place the animal in a suitable environment outside of the shelter have been exhausted.  (2) The animal is being given or transferred for one of the following reasons:  (a) Instructional purposes, including necessary spay or neuter surgeries.  (b) Research as part of a clinical trial using drugs or treatments already approved by the United States Department of Agriculture or United States Food and Drug Administration.  (c) Research determined by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee to be deemed non-invasive.  (3) When possible, the living animal is returned to its originating facility at the conclusion of the research or instruction.  (4) Every precaution has been taken to minimize pain to the animal.  E. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a research facility from working in collaboration with an animal shelter to investigate problems and provide services to shelter animals.  F. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars for each separate act of violation.  Acts 2019, No. 383, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2471 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2471. Definitions

RS 2471 - Definitions As used in this Part the following words shall have the following meanings ascribed to them: (1) "Adopter" means a person who is legally competent to enter into a contract and who is adopting or buying a dog or cat from a releasing agency. (2) "Adult animal" means any dog or cat that has reached the age of one hundred eighty days or six months or more. (3) "Releasing agency" means an animal pound, shelter, humane organization, or animal control agency, whether public or private. The term does not include an individual who occasionally renders humane assistance or shelter in the individual's home to a dog or cat. (4) "Sterilization" means the surgical removal of the reproductive organs of a dog or cat in order to render the animal unable to reproduce. Acts 1990, No. 567, §1, eff. July 19, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2472 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2472. Sterilization required

RS 2472 - Sterilization required  A. Provisions shall be made for the sterilization of all dogs and cats sold or released for adoption or purchased from any public or private animal shelter or animal control agency operated by a humane society or by a parish, city, or other political subdivision by either:  (1) Providing sterilization by a Louisiana licensed veterinarian or an individual that meets the qualifications contained in R.S. 37:1514(2) provided that individual is in their fourth year or the second semester of their third year of veterinary school before relinquishing custody of the animal.  (2) Entering into a written agreement with the adopter or purchaser guaranteeing that sterilization will be performed by a Louisiana licensed veterinarian or an individual that meets the qualifications contained in R.S. 37:1514(2) provided that individual is in their fourth year or the second semester of their third year of veterinary school in compliance with a sterilization agreement that shall contain the following information:  (a) The date of the agreement.  (b) The name, address, and signature of the releasing agency and the adopter.  (c) A description of the animal to be adopted.  (d) A sterilization completion date which shall be either:  (i) The thirtieth day after the date of adoption in the case of an adult animal.  (ii) The thirtieth day after a specified date estimated to be the date an adopted infant female or male puppy or kitten becomes six months of age.  (iii) If the releasing agency has a written policy recommending sterilization of certain infant animals at an earlier date, the thirtieth day after the date contained in the written policy.  (e) A statement, printed in conspicuous bold print, that sterilization of the animal is required under R.S. 3:2472.  B. Except as provided by this Subsection, an adopter that signs an agreement under R.S. 3:2472(A)(2) shall have the adopted animal sterilized on or before the sterilization date stated in the agreement. If the sterilization completion date stated in the agreement falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the deadline shall be extended to the first day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. The releasing agency may extend the deadline for thirty days on the presentation of a letter or telephone report from a Louisiana licensed veterinarian stating that the life or health of the adopted animal may be jeopardized by sterilization. There shall be no limit to the number of extensions that may be granted for this reason.  Acts 1990, No. 567, §1, eff. July 19, 1990; Acts 2021, No. 178, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2473 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2473. Adoption standards

RS 2473 - Adoption standards A. Each releasing agency shall agree to give title, possession, and control of the animal as long as the adopter complies with the terms and conditions of the agreement as set forth in R.S. 3:2472. B. Failure by either party to comply with any provision of the adoption agreement as set forth in R.S. 3:2472 may give rise to a cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction. Acts 1990, No. 567, §1, eff. July 19, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2474 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2474. Confirmation of sterilization

RS 2474 - Confirmation of sterilization The releasing agency shall consider the animal sterilized upon receipt of written confirmation signed by the Louisiana licensed veterinarian who performed the sterilization. Acts 1990, No. 567, §1, eff. July 19, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2475 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2475. Exceptions

RS 2475 - Exceptions A. The sterilization requirements of this Part do not apply to a dog or cat that is claimed from a releasing agency by a person who already owns the animal. B. This Part does not apply to a releasing agency located in a municipality that has in effect an ordinance providing standards for dog and cat sterilization that exceed the requirements of this Part. C. The provisions of this Part shall not apply to animals sold or released from any humane society, public or private shelter, or animal control agency to the United States armed forces, police or other law enforcement agencies, licensed veterinary facilities, or to licensed medical facilities. D. Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 225, §1. Acts 1990, No. 567, §1, eff. July 19, 1990; Acts 2011, No. 225, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2476 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2476. Fees

RS 2476 - Fees All costs of sterilization pursuant to this Part shall be paid by the prospective adopter or purchaser, unless otherwise provided. Acts 1990, No. 567, §1, eff. July 19, 1990.