RS 3:2892 Impoundment of swine running at large; notice to and recovery by owner - Louisiana Statutes

§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.  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, 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.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 130, §1.  Amended by Acts 1972, No. 419, §2.