§3004. Impounding livestock found at large upon highways
A. All sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, and justices of the peace shall, and any
other person may, take possession of and impound any livestock found at large upon any
public highway of this state in any ward where livestock is presently prohibited from roaming
at large or may hereafter be prohibited from roaming at large as hereinafter provided for.
Any livestock so taken and impounded shall be impounded in the parish in which taken and
when taken by a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or justice of the peace, the owner thereof
shall be notified personally or by leaving written notice at the place of his residence within
twenty-four hours after taking possession of such livestock. Any person other than a sheriff,
deputy sheriff, constable, or justice of the peace taking possession of and impounding
livestock shall immediately notify the sheriff of the parish in which the livestock is taken and
said sheriff shall, within twenty-four hours of such notification, notify the owner in the
manner hereinabove provided.
B.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the owner of livestock
so taken shall have the right to secure his livestock upon the payment to the officer or person
taking up the livestock of an impoundment fee of ten dollars for each head of livestock taken
and a daily boarding fee of ten dollars for each animal.
(2) Except during a gubernatorially declared state of emergency, in Vermilion Parish,
the owner of livestock so taken shall have the right to secure his livestock upon the payment
to the officer or person taking up the livestock of an impoundment fee of one hundred dollars
for the first head of livestock taken and twenty dollars for each head taken thereafter if the
officer secures the livestock. He shall also pay to the person taking and impounding such
livestock a daily boarding fee of ten dollars for each animal. During a gubernatorially
declared state of emergency, the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall apply
to Vermilion Parish.
Added by Acts 1958, No. 399, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 503, §1, eff. July 13,
1977; Acts 1999, No. 1065, §1; Acts 2006, No. 756, §1; Acts 2019, No. 250, §1.