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LA Rev Stat § 3:2804 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2804. Impounding livestock found at large upon highways

RS 2804 - Impounding livestock found at large upon highways  A. The deputy secretary of Department of Public Safety shall, and all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, and justices of the peace may, cause any livestock found at large upon any highway of the state of Louisiana, as defined in R.S. 3:2803, to be taken into custody and impounded. Any livestock so taken into custody shall be impounded in the nearest official state police impoundment area. Any officer taking custody of and impounding livestock shall immediately notify the deputy secretary of Department of Public Safety or his duly authorized representative in the parish in which the livestock is impounded and shall, within twenty-four hours after such notification, notify the owner or manager of such livestock, if known, personally or by leaving written notice at his place of residence.  B. The owner or manager of livestock so impounded shall have the right to secure his livestock upon the payment to the superintendent of state police or officer impounding the livestock of an impoundment fee of twenty dollars per head of livestock and a daily boarding fee of ten dollars for each animal. He shall also pay to the officer impounding such livestock the cost of any necessary veterinary and advertisement fees incurred.  C. The governor is authorized to establish, by executive order, in the Department of Public Safety, a suitable patrol force to enforce the provisions of this Subpart. The members of the patrol shall be employees of the Department of Public Safety, and their salaries and expenses shall be paid in the same manner as is provided for other employees.  D. The provisions of this Section and of R.S. 3:2805 and 2806 shall be effective for any fiscal year or portion of a fiscal year only if sufficient funds have been appropriated to the deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for the purpose of enforcing those Sections for the fiscal year or the portion of the fiscal year. If sufficient funds have not been appropriated the deputy secretary shall provide written notice to the Senate and House Committees on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.  Added by Acts 1950, No. 443, §1. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1955; Acts 1976, No. 323, §1; Acts 1977, No. 503, §1, eff. July 13, 1977; Acts 1978, No. 528, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 33, §1, eff. Jan. 19, 1983; Acts 1989, No. 494, §1; Acts 2019, No. 250, §1. *See R.S. 36:405.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2805 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2805. Advertisement of impounding when owner is unknown

RS 2805 - Advertisement of impounding when owner is unknown A. If the owner or manager of any livestock found at large on a public highway is not known or if the owner or manager has no residence in the parish where the livestock is impounded a statement shall be filed with the superintendent of state police or his authorized representative in the parish in which the livestock is impounded, setting forth: (1) The name and address of the person impounding the livestock; (2) A description of the livestock as to kind, sex, marks, brand, color and apparent age; (3) The place of taking custody of and the place where livestock is impounded; (4) The amount of the charges due for feeding and caring for the livestock; (5) The amount of the fee for impounding the livestock. B. The superintendent of state police or his representative shall then give notice by advertising in a newspaper of general circulation within the parish setting forth the fact of the impoundment, a description of the livestock, and that the owner or manager is unknown or, if known, that he cannot be located. This advertisement shall notify any person claiming to be the owner or manager of such livestock to appear before the superintendent of state police or his representative at a place named and a time not less than three days nor more than six days from the date of notice to prove such claim of ownership or authority to manage. If the owner or manager appears and proves to the satisfaction of the superintendent of state police or his representative that he is the owner or manager of the stock impounded, the superintendent of state police or his representative shall require the owner or manager to pay the fee provided in R.S. 3:2804, the cost of feeding and caring for the stock at the rates hereinabove specified in R.S. 3:2804, and the cost of advertisement. Added by Acts 1950, No. 443, §1. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1955.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2806 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2806. Sales of unclaimed livestock

RS 2806 - Sales of unclaimed livestock A. If, after the notice provided in R.S. 3:2804 and R.S. 3:2805, the owner or manager does not appear within twenty calendar days, the deputy secretary of state police or his representative shall proceed to sell such impounded livestock in the following manner: (1) The deputy secretary of Department of Public Safety or his representative shall advertise in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish where the sale is to take place, the fact of such sale, the date, and the place of the sale. The place of the sale shall be at some public place open to the general public within the parish of impoundment or the nearest sale barn in the vicinity of the place of impoundment and the sale shall take place within ten days after publication of one notice of said sale. The impounded livestock shall be auctioned to the last and highest bidder for cash. (2) From the price of said sale shall be deducted the fee provided in R.S. 3:2804, the cost of feeding and caring for the livestock at the rate hereinabove specified in R.S. 3:2804 and all expenses incurred in the sale. The deputy secretary of Department of Public Safety shall pay the fee provided for feeding and caring for the livestock and the remainder shall be paid to the office of state police. B. The governing authority of any parish affected by R.S. 3:2801 through R.S. 3:2807 shall have the right to fence any highway or highways affected hereby at the cost and expense of the police jury. Added by Acts 1950, No. 443, §1. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1955; Acts 1978, No. 528, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2807 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2807. Penalties

RS 2807 - Penalties Any person convicted of violating the provisions of R.S. 3:2803 shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. The auditor of the Department of Public Safety shall receive all of the fines imposed and collected for such violation. Added by Acts 1950, No. 443, §1. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1955; Acts 1978, No. 528, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2808 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2808. Legislative findings

RS 2808 - Legislative findings There is hereby found and declared a necessity for fencing certain public highways of the state of Louisiana and necessity that its application be uniform throughout the state. Added by Acts 1954, No. 187, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2809 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2809. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 364, §1, eff. June 16, 1999.

RS 2809 - Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 364, §1, eff. June 16, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2810 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2810. Closing of gates in fences constructed with state aid

RS 2810 - Closing of gates in fences constructed with state aid It shall be the obligation of users of property contiguous to state highways upon which fences have been erected with state aid to ascertain that the gates from the owner's private property to the public road be kept closed except when actually in use and tended by a competent person. Failure of the user of the private property to keep the gates closed shall subject him to the same penalties as provided in R.S. 3:2807. Added by Acts 1962, No. 94, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2811 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2811. Fences erected upon public highways with state aid; damaging, removal and destruction prohibited; exceptions; penalties for violation

RS 2811 - Fences erected upon public highways with state aid; damaging, removal and destruction prohibited; exceptions; penalties for violation A. Fences erected upon state highways with a contribution from the Department of Highways of the State of Louisiana are the property of the State of Louisiana. The damaging, removal or destruction of such fences, except as permitted in Sub-section B of this Section is specifically prohibited. B. Owners of property bounded by a highway upon which such a fence has been erected may remove the fence from that portion of the highway in front of their property if they have erected similar connecting fences to prevent livestock from their lands and lands contiguous to their lands from roaming at large upon the public road. Responsibility for the effectiveness of such connecting fences shall rest upon the landowner. The state shall have no title to the connecting fences. C. The department of public safety of the state of Louisiana shall be charged with the responsibility for administering the provisions of this Section. D. Whoever damages, removes or destroys any fence covered by Sub-section A hereof, without previously erecting connecting fences, so as to permit the roaming of cattle upon the highways, shall, upon conviction therefor, be fined not more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the parish jail for a period not to exceed thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. Added by Acts 1962, No. 79, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2812 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2812. §§2812 to 2814 Repealed by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1955.

RS 2812 - §§2812 to 2814 Repealed by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1955.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2815 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2815. Impoundment pens or areas

RS 2815 - Impoundment pens or areas The State Department of Public Safety shall designate and establish within each parish of the state, where necessary, an impoundment pen or area which shall be maintained by the department or by a person designated by the Superintendent of State Police solely for the purpose of impounding and retaining within the parish all livestock, swine and other cattle or animals subject to impoundment under the laws of this state. Animals impounded under such laws shall be retained and cared for in said impoundment pens or areas until disposed of in the manner provided by law. The Superintendent of State Police is authorized to deputize or otherwise obtain the services of one farmer in each parish who shall be responsible for maintaining and caring for all animals impounded. Acts 1960, No. 290, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2851 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2851. Livestock not to go on paved, black-topped and asphalt treated highways

RS 2851 - Livestock not to go on paved, black-topped and asphalt treated highways It shall not be lawful for horses, mules, donkeys, or asses to go on the paved, black-topped and asphalt treated highways of the state system and the rights of way therefor. Added by Acts 1950, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 12, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2852 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2852. Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 528, §3.

RS 2852 - Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 528, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2853 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2853. Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 528, §3

RS 2853 - Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 528, §3
LA Rev Stat § 3:2854 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2854. Impounding pens, yards and keepers

RS 2854 - Impounding pens, yards and keepers The department in which the patrol is established by the governor shall establish impounding pens and yards, and employ pound keepers. Added by Acts 1950, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 12, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2855 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2855. Fees and costs

RS 2855 - Fees and costs The fees and costs under this Sub-part shall be as follows: for the first impounding, per head, ten dollars; for the second impounding, per head, twenty-five dollars; for keeping, one dollar per head for each day the stock are kept by the impounder or keeper; for making the sale, five dollars per head for each animal sold; for proceeding, as in case of estrays, such costs as are now allowed by law in cases of estrays in the several parishes. Provided, that no charge shall be made for the first impounding of an animal where it is shown to the satisfaction of the patrol that the animal has escaped from his enclosure or gone upon the highway through no fault of the owner. Added by Acts 1950, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 12, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2856 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2856. Identification of impounded animals

RS 2856 - Identification of impounded animals  Every impounded animal shall be permanently identified by branding, tattoo, electronic device, or other method of identification approved by the commissioner. Records of the identification method, including a description of the animal, shall be maintained by the impounding jurisdiction.  Added by Acts 1950, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 12, §1; Acts 2021, No. 162, §1, eff. June 11, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2857 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2857. Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 528, §3

RS 2857 - Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 528, §3
LA Rev Stat § 3:2858 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2858. Impounded animals, release of prohibited; penalty

RS 2858 - Impounded animals, release of prohibited; penalty No person shall by force, threats, or fraud release any animal impounded under the provisions of R.S. 3:2572. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both. Added by Acts 1950, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 12, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2859 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2859. Adoption and donation of unclaimed horses; rules and regulations

RS 2859 - Adoption and donation of unclaimed horses; rules and regulations A. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, following a diligent attempt to locate the owner and proper advertisement, the animal control authority or the sheriff in parishes where there is no other animal control authority may provide for the adoption or donation of any unclaimed horse or may transfer the horse to an animal control agency in another parish prior to resorting to any other means of disposition of the animal, provided the horse is determined to be free of those diseases for which the Louisiana Board of Animal Health would otherwise require that the horse be destroyed by euthanasia. B. Each parish animal control authority or sheriff in parishes where there is no other animal control authority shall establish guidelines for the proper adoption or donation of unclaimed horses. Any recommendations made by the Louisiana Animal Control Association shall be taken into consideration by the authority or sheriff when establishing the guidelines. C. As used in this Section, "unclaimed horse" means any domesticated member of the family "equidae", including horses, burros, asses, donkeys, zebras, and similar other species, and crossbred hybrids of these including mules, in which no one claims ownership after reasonable notice has been provided regarding its custody. D. "Proper advertisement" for purposes of this Section means giving notice by advertising in a newspaper having general circulation within the parish once a week for two consecutive weeks. The notice shall set forth all of the following: (1) A description of the horse. (2) A statement that the owner is unknown or if known, that he cannot be located. (3) A statement indicating when and where the horse was found. (4) A location where the owner can prove ownership and reclaim the horse. Acts 2001, No. 715, §1, eff. June 25, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2891 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2891. Swine prohibited from running at large

RS 2891 - Swine prohibited from running at large No person owning swine shall knowingly, willfully, or negligently permit his swine to run at large upon public property or upon private property of another person. Added by Acts 1954, No. 130, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 419, §1; Acts 2010, No. 980, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2892 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2892. Impoundment of swine running at large; notice to and recovery by owner

RS 2892 - Impoundment of swine running at large; notice to and recovery by owner Any landowner or lessee, or their agents, employees, or representatives or the sheriff, constable, or other police officer of any parish, ward, or municipality may seize any swine found unaccompanied by its owner or keeper and running at large on any public or private property. These swine so seized shall be impounded and the citizen or officer so seizing and impounding the swine shall cause the owner or keeper thereof, if known, to be notified personally or by leaving written notice at the place of his residence within twenty-four hours after the seizure, and the owner or keeper of the swine may forthwith claim the swine upon the payment of the fees hereinafter specified. Added by Acts 1954, No. 130, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 419, §2; Acts 2010, No. 980, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2893 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2893. Disposition of swine

RS 2893 - Disposition of swine If the owner or keeper fails to come forward and claim the swine within five days after mailing or delivery of said notice and pay all fees and costs hereinafter provided, or if the ownership of such swine cannot be readily determined, notice of impoundment of the same and the place thereof shall be published at least once in an official journal in the parish where the swine are taken into possession, together with notice that such swine will be sold by the sheriff or constable at public auction to the highest bidder for cash and without appraisement at a specified time, date, and place, not less than five days after publication of such notice. In either event, the original owner thereof may claim such swine and recover the same prior to public sale upon the payment to the officer or citizen impounding the same a fee of two dollars per animal for seizure and a fee of one dollar to pay the cost of food and keep for each day it is impounded, and in the event the same has been advertised, the reasonable cost of such advertisement. If the owner fails to claim the animal and pay the fees as hereinbefore specified, the swine shall be offered for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash and without appraisement. The fee of the sheriff or constable shall be five percent of the amount of such sale, and in addition, twenty-five cents per animal for giving of notice. Added by Acts 1954, No. 130, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 419, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2894 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2894. Disposition of proceeds of sale

RS 2894 - Disposition of proceeds of sale From the price of the sale, the sheriff or constable shall deduct the fee of the person impounding the swine, the cost of feeding and caring for the swine at the rates hereinabove specified in R.S. 3:2893, and all expenses incurred in the sale. He shall pay the person taking up the swine the fee due him and the person feeding and caring for the swine the fees provided for such services and the remainder shall be paid into the parish treasury for the use and benefit of the parish. If the swine cannot be sold as herein specified, they may be donated by the auctioning officer to any charitable or public institution or welfare recipient or, if none be willing to accept them, disposed of forthwith as the auctioning officer sees fit, except that they shall not be released to run at large. Added by Acts 1954, No. 130, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 419, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2895 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2895. Penalties

RS 2895 - Penalties Any person convicted of violating the provisions of R.S. 3:2891 shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Added by Acts 1972, No. 419, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 3:2896 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§2896. Liability for damages

RS 2896 - Liability for damages A. The owner of any swine who knowingly, willfully, or negligently permits his swine to run at large upon public property or upon the private property of another person shall be liable for any damage caused by such swine while running at large. B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply in the Sabine River Swamp in ward 1 and all of ward 2 of Beauregard Parish, in the Little River area north of Catahoula Lake in Grant Parish and LaSalle Parish south of Highway 84, in wards 1, 2, 3, and 4 of LaSalle Parish, in that area of Allen Parish, ward 5, west of the Calcasieu River, in wards 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8 of Vernon Parish, in the Catahoula Lake area of Catahoula Parish, and in the parishes of Winn, Union, St. Tammany, Livingston, St. Helena, Cameron, and Caldwell Parish, except wards 1, 2, 7, and 8 of Caldwell Parish, and state representative district 27, unless a referendum of the people is held to approve it. C. The provisions of Subsection B of this Section shall become null and void on January 1, 2020. Added by Acts 1972, No. 419, §6; Acts 2010, No. 980, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:3001 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§3001. Legislative findings

RS 3001 - Legislative findings  There is hereby found and declared a necessity for providing a means whereby each ward of every parish in the state shall have the right, by local option election, to prohibit livestock from roaming at large in each said ward on those public highways other than those provided for in R.S. 3:2803. Added by Act 1958, No. 399, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:3002 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§3002. Definitions

RS 3002 - Definitions As used in this Part, the following terms are defined as follows: (1) "Livestock" means cattle, buffalo, bison, oxen, and other bovine; horses, mules, donkeys, and other equine; sheep; goats; swine; domestic rabbits; fish, turtles, and other animals identified with aquaculture that are located in artificial reservoirs or enclosures that are both on privately owned property and constructed so as to prevent, at all times, the ingress and egress of fish life from public waters; imported exotic deer and antelope, elk, farm-raised white-tailed deer, farm-raised ratites, and other farm-raised exotic animals; chickens, turkeys, and other poultry; and animals placed under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry and any hybrid, mixture, or mutation or any such animal. (2) "Owner of livestock" means any person owning or having control of livestock. (3) "Public highway" means any public way except those highways provided for in R.S. 3:2803 for vehicular traffic including the entire area dedicated thereto and the bridge, culverts, structures, appurtenances and features necessary to or associated with its purpose. Added by Acts 1958, No. 399, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 528, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.