§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.