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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2466. Euthanasia of animals for research or biological supply

RS 3:2466 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2471. Definitions

RS 3:2471 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2472. Sterilization required

RS 3:2472 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2473. Adoption standards

RS 3:2473 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2474. Confirmation of sterilization

RS 3:2474 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2475. Exceptions

RS 3:2475 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2501. Animal control agency control officers; applicable parishes; P.O.S.T. certification; commissions; powers

RS 3:2501 - Animal control agency control officers; applicable parishes; P.O.S.T. certification; commissions; powers
A. Any animal control agency maintained by a parish governing authority described in Subsection B of this Section shall be authorized to commission such animal control officers as provided in Subsection B of this Section as animal control investigators or specialists of the agency who, if P.O.S.T. certified, shall exercise regular police powers of the state granted to law enforcement officers. Any such investigator or specialist shall be empowered to enforce all animal-related crimes defined by ordinance or state law including but not limited to animals at large, animal cruelty, dog fighting, animal theft, or any law or ordinance governing animal disease control.
B. The commissioning of animal control officers designated in Subsection A of this Section shall be applicable only to those parishes who maintain animal control agencies with a population of over fifty thousand, according to the most recent federal decennial census as follows, subject to the following limitations:
(1) An animal control agency maintained by the parish governing authority in a parish with a population of over fifty thousand, according to the most recent federal decennial census, but less than one hundred thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, may commission one P.O.S.T. certified animal control officer.
(2) An animal control agency in a parish with a population of over one hundred thousand, according to the most recent federal decennial census but less than one hundred fifty thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, may commission two P.O.S.T. certified animal control officers.
(3) An animal control agency in a parish with a population of over one hundred fifty thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census may commission three P.O.S.T. certified animal control officers.
C. Any officer designated in Subsection A of this Section who has met the qualifications of P.O.S.T. and was P.O.S.T. certified on or after January 1, 2000, and has maintained firearm qualifications and worked continuously for an animal control agency designated in Subsection B of this Section shall be deemed to be P.O.S.T. certified.
Acts 2006, No. 807, §1; Acts 2009, No. 21, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2531. Municipalities authorized to prohibit livestock from running at large

RS 3:2531 - Municipalities authorized to prohibit livestock from running at large
All cities and towns having a population of more than one thousand, and all towns and villages in this state having a population of one thousand or less and situated within three miles of the corporate limits of any city having a population of twenty-five thousand or more, may regulate, restrict, and prohibit by proper ordinances, the running at large of livestock of all kinds within the corporate limits of the cities, towns, and villages; establish impounding pens and yards, and employ pound keepers; fix impounding fees and charges; and provide for the sale or disposition of impounded animals or stock.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2532. Livestock running at large in municipalities not having one thousand inhabitants

RS 3:2532 - Livestock running at large in municipalities not having one thousand inhabitants
All municipalities within this State having less than one thousand inhabitants and not provided for in R.S. 3:2531 may prohibit by ordinance the running at large of any and all kinds of livestock within the corporate limits of such municipalities, provided the questions shall have first been submitted to the voters qualified by law to vote at municipal elections within the municipality proposing to adopt such an ordinance and the voters at an election shall have authorized the adoption of the ordinance by a majority vote.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2533. Special election on whether to restrain livestock

RS 3:2533 - Special election on whether to restrain livestock
The governing authority of any municipality having less than one thousand inhabitants, and not provided for in R.S. 3:2531, desiring to adopt such an ordinance may order a special election to be held within the municipality at which the question shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the municipality, to hold the election as now provided by law, and to canvass and promulgate the returns thereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2534. Adoption of ordinance

RS 3:2534 - Adoption of ordinance
If at a special election a majority of the voters of the municipality vote in favor of the enactment of such an ordinance, the governing authority of the municipality may adopt such an ordinance and provide proper penalties, including the impounding of livestock and the appointment of pound keepers, and to secure the enforcement of the ordinance.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2571. Livestock allowed on levees; conditions

RS 3:2571 - Livestock allowed on levees; conditions
A. Horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, or livestock of any description may go on the levees, or the space between the base of the levees and the draining ditch at any time, except where, in the judgment of the levee commissioners of a district and the office of engineering, damage would occur to the levees from exposure to wear, tear, and abuse.
B. In cases where the water is against the levee on both sides, that is, where the grounds on the river and land side are both covered with water, people living in the vicinity may put stock on these levees temporarily.
Acts 1995, No. 385, §1; Acts 2012, No. 753, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2572. Impounding livestock; sale if not redeemed

RS 3:2572 - Impounding livestock; sale if not redeemed
The levee commissioners of a district and the office of engineering may impound or cause to be impounded any horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, or other livestock of any description found violating this Part, and hold them impounded until the owner of the livestock shall redeem them by paying the expenses of impounding and keeping the stock. In case the stock is not redeemed from impoundment within eight days of notification to the owner of the impoundment and pending sale, then it shall be the duty of the constable to proceed to the place of impounding, and there, without previous advertisement, sell the animals thus impounded for cash to the highest bidder, except that in the cases of horses and mules, they shall be disposed of as is now provided by law in the several parishes for strays.
Acts 1995, No. 385, §1; Acts 2012, No. 753, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2573. Fees and costs

RS 3:2573 - Fees and costs
The fees and costs under this Part shall be as follows except for sheep and goats: for impounding, one dollar; for keeping, fifty cents per head, for each day the stock are kept by the impounder or keeper; for making the sale, fifty cents 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. For sheep and goats the charge for impounding shall be ten cents per head; for keeping, five cents per head for each day; for making the sale, ten cents per head.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2575. Impounded animals, release of prohibited; penalty

RS 3:2575 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2651. Definitions

RS 3:2651 - Definitions
As used in this Part, "livestock" means any animal bred, kept, maintained, raised, or used for show, profit, or for the purpose of selling or otherwise producing crops, animals, or plant or animal products for market. The term "livestock" shall include 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 of any such animal.
Acts 2003, No. 4, §1, eff. May 8, 2003; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2652. Liability for injury to livestock caused by dog

RS 3:2652 - Liability for injury to livestock caused by dog
Any owner, harborer, or possessor of any dog that kills, harasses, or wounds livestock shall be liable to the owner of the livestock for the damages sustained, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction.
Acts 2003, No. 4, §1, eff. May 8, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2653. Unnecessary to prove knowledge that dog would injure livestock

RS 3:2653 - Unnecessary to prove knowledge that dog would injure livestock
In the prosecution of actions under this Subpart, it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff to show that the owner, harborer, or possessor of the dog had knowledge of the fact that the animal would kill, harass, or wound livestock.
Acts 2003, No. 4, §1, eff. May 8, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2654. Right to kill dog harassing livestock

RS 3:2654 - Right to kill dog harassing livestock
Any person finding any dog not on the premises of its owner, harborer, or possessor, which is harassing, wounding, or killing livestock, may, at the time of finding the dog, kill him, and the owner shall not be able to sustain any action for damages against the person killing the dog.
Acts 2003, No. 4, §1, eff. May 8, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2691. Police juries authorized to protect livestock

RS 3:2691 - Police juries authorized to protect livestock
The police juries of the different parishes may enact such ordinances as they in their discretion deem necessary for the protection of the livestock industries in their respective parishes.
Acts 2003, No. 4, §1, eff. May 8, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2731. Parishes and municipalities may regulate

RS 3:2731 - Parishes and municipalities may regulate
The governing bodies of all parishes and municipalities may adopt ordinances regulating dogs running at large; regulating or prohibiting vicious or dangerous dogs; or to limit the enforcement of said ordinances or the imposition of fees and fines thereunder. In addition, such ordinances may provide for the utilization of the proceeds of dog and cat license fees and fines for the operation of its animal control program or for the effective enforcement of its animal control ordinances.
Acts 2010, No. 108, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2773. Dogs as personal property; seizure of dogs running at large or on property fenced as a fox pen; notice to owner; dangerous or vicious dogs

RS 3:2773 - Dogs as personal property; seizure of dogs running at large or on property fenced as a fox pen; notice to owner; dangerous or vicious dogs
A. Dogs owned by citizens of this state and by citizens of other states and situated and located in this state are declared to be personal property of such citizens.
B. Any citizen may, or the sheriff, constable, or other police officers of any parish, ward, or municipality shall seize any dog found unaccompanied by its owner or keeper and running at large on any road, street, or other public place, or trespassing on any premises other than the premises of the owner. If the dog is wearing a collar bearing a tag showing the name and address of its owner, it shall be impounded and the citizen or officer so seizing and impounding the dog shall immediately thereafter by written notice notify the owner of the dog, at the address disclosed by the tag on the dog's collar, that the dog has been seized and impounded by him, and unless the owner or keeper of the dog shall, within seven days from the receipt of the notice, claim the dog and pay the citizen or officer a fee of one dollar for seizing and a fee of twenty-five cents for each day it is impounded, it shall be disposed of in a humane manner.
C. Except in the parishes of St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington, any citizen may, or the sheriff, constable, or other police officers of any parish, ward, or municipality shall, seize any dog found unaccompanied by its owner or keeper and trespassing on any premises that is fenced with at least a two-inch by four-inch wire mesh that is a minimum of four feet high. If the dog is wearing a collar bearing a tag showing the name and address of its owner, it shall be impounded and the citizen or officer so seizing and impounding the dog shall immediately thereafter, by written notice, notify the owner of the dog, at the address disclosed by the tag on the collar of the dog, that the dog has been seized and impounded by him, and unless the owner or keeper of the dog shall, within seven days from receipt of the notice, claim the dog and pay a seizing fee of twenty dollars and an impoundment fee of one dollar for each day it is impounded, it shall be disposed of in a humane manner. Ten dollars of the seizing fee shall be paid to the law enforcement agency called upon to seize the dog. The remainder of the seizing fee shall be donated to a recognized nonprofit conservation group. This Subsection shall apply only to fox pens.
D. Any citizen or officer may kill any dangerous or vicious dog, and no citizen or officer shall be liable for damages or to prosecution by reason of killing any dangerous or vicious dog.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 231, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1131, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2776. Time for paying dog license tax

RS 3:2776 - Time for paying dog license tax
All license taxes on dogs are due annually on the anniversary date of the administration of the rabies vaccination; provided that as soon as a dog becomes no more than six months of age the owner of the dog shall be liable to pay the license tax for the year in which the dog reaches such age.
Acts 1992, No. 131, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2777. Penalty for violating this Part or disturbing dog's collar or license tax tag

RS 3:2777 - Penalty for violating this Part or disturbing dog's collar or license tax tag
Whoever violates any provision of this Part, or fails or neglects to perform any duty imposed by it, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and the cost of prosecution, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.
Whoever removes from any dog a collar bearing a license tax tag as provided for in this Part, or alters or removes any such license tax tag from a dog properly registered as herein provided for, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars and the cost of the prosecution, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2778. Municipal and parish governing authorities

RS 3:2778 - Municipal and parish governing authorities
Nothing contained in this Part shall be construed to prevent or otherwise limit the governing authority of a municipality or parish from setting fees and fines in amounts sufficient for the operation of its animal control program or for the effective enforcement of its animal control ordinances; however, in the absence of the adoption of such ordinances, the parish or local governing authority shall rely on the provisions of R.S. 3:2773.
Acts 2003, No. 133, §1, eff. May 28, 2003; Acts 2010, No. 108, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2801. Legislative findings

RS 3:2801 - Legislative findings
There is hereby found and declared a necessity for a stock law embracing certain public highways of the state of Louisiana and necessity that its application be uniform throughout the state.
Added by Stats.1950, No. 443, §1. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2802. Definitions

RS 3:2802 - Definitions
As used in this Subpart, 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 of any such animal.
(2) "Public highway" means a public way for vehicular traffic, including the entire area dedicated thereto and the bridges, culverts, structures, appurtenances and features necessary to or associated with its purpose, and refers to those highways designated in R.S. 3:2803.
(3) "Owner of livestock" means any person owning livestock.
(4) "Manager of livestock" means any person other than an owner of livestock having the care and control of livestock.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 443, §1. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1955; Acts 1978, No. 528, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2804. Impounding livestock found at large upon highways

RS 3:2804 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2805. Advertisement of impounding when owner is unknown

RS 3:2805 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2806. Sales of unclaimed livestock

RS 3:2806 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2807. Penalties

RS 3:2807 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2810. Closing of gates in fences constructed with state aid

RS 3:2810 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2811. Fences erected upon public highways with state aid; damaging, removal and destruction prohibited; exceptions; penalties for violation

RS 3:2811 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2812. §§2812 to 2814 Repealed by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1955.

RS 3:2812 - §§2812 to 2814 Repealed by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2815. Impoundment pens or areas

RS 3:2815 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2851. Livestock not to go on paved, black-topped and asphalt treated highways

RS 3:2851 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2854. Impounding pens, yards and keepers

RS 3:2854 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2855. Fees and costs

RS 3:2855 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2856. Identification of impounded animals

RS 3:2856 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2858. Impounded animals, release of prohibited; penalty

RS 3:2858 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2859. Adoption and donation of unclaimed horses; rules and regulations

RS 3:2859 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2891. Swine prohibited from running at large

RS 3:2891 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2892. Impoundment of swine running at large; notice to and recovery by owner

RS 3:2892 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2893. Disposition of swine

RS 3:2893 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2894. Disposition of proceeds of sale

RS 3:2894 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:2896. Liability for damages

RS 3:2896 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:3001. Legislative findings

RS 3:3001 - 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.