§3005. Advertisement of impounding when owner is unknown

            A. If the owner of any livestock found at large on any public highway of any ward where the roaming at large of stock is prohibited, is unknown or if the owner has no residence in the parish where the livestock is taken, a statement shall be filed with the sheriff of the parish in which the livestock is taken setting forth:

            (1) The name and address of the person taking up the livestock;

            (2) A description of the livestock as to kind, sex, marks, brand, color, and apparent age;

            (3) The place of taking up and the place where the livestock is impounded;

            (4) The amount of the charges due for feeding and caring for the livestock;

            (5) The amount of the fee for taking the livestock.

            B. The sheriff or animal control authority of the parish in which the livestock was found at large shall then give notice by the parish government's public notice procedure setting forth the fact of the taking of possession, a description of the livestock, and that the owner is unknown or, if known, that the owner cannot be located. This notice shall notify any person claiming to be the owner of such livestock to appear before the sheriff 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 or ownership. If the owner appears and proves to the satisfaction of the sheriff that he is the owner of the stock impounded, the sheriff shall require the owner to pay the fee of the person taking the stock, the cost of feeding and caring for the stock at the rates specified in R.S. 3:3004, and the cost of notice.

            Acts 1958, No. 399, §1; Acts 2024, No. 55, §1, eff. May 15, 2024.