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Code · Louisiana · Title 3 — Agriculture and Forestry

RS 3:2805

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RS 3:2805
§2805. Advertisement of impounding when owner is unknown
A. If the owner or manager of any livestock found at large on a public highway is not known or if the owner or manager has no residence in the parish where the livestock is impounded a statement shall be filed with the superintendent of state police or his authorized representative in the parish in which the livestock is impounded, setting forth:
(1)The name and address of the person impounding the livestock;
(2)A description of the livestock as to kind, sex, marks, brand, color and apparent age;
(3)The place of taking custody of and the place where livestock is impounded;
(4)The amount of the charges due for feeding and caring for the livestock;
(5)The amount of the fee for impounding the livestock.
B. The superintendent of state police or his representative shall then give notice by advertising in a newspaper of general circulation within the parish setting forth the fact of the impoundment, a description of the livestock, and that the owner or manager is unknown or, if known, that he cannot be located. This advertisement shall notify any person claiming to be the owner or manager of such livestock to appear before the superintendent of state police or his representative 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 of ownership or authority to manage.
If the owner or manager appears and proves to the satisfaction of the superintendent of state police or his representative that he is the owner or manager of the stock impounded, the superintendent of state police or his representative shall require the owner or manager to pay the fee provided in R.S. 3:2804, the cost of feeding and caring for the stock at the rates hereinabove specified in R.S. 3:2804, and the cost of advertisement.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 443, §1. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1955.
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