RS 3:2896 Liability for damages - Louisiana Statutes

§2896.  Liability for damages

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.  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.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 419, §6.