Louisiana Code — 56
Browse 746 sections in division 56 of the Louisiana code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § RS 56:1. Wildlife and Fisheries Commission established; membership; qualifications; definitions
- § RS 56:2. Supervision and direction of commission; meetings
- § RS 56:3. Ownership of wild birds, quadrupeds, fish, aquatic life, water bottoms, oysters, and shellfish
- § RS 56:4. Authority of Department of Conservation and Energy over navigable water bottoms
- § RS 56:5. General powers and authority
- § RS 56:6. Special powers and duties; statistics; rules and regulations; reports
- § RS 56:6.1. Emergency closure of hunting or fishing seasons; rules and regulations; prohibitions; penalties
- § RS 56:6.2. Advisory committees
- § RS 56:7. Domicile of commission; service of process; suits; parties
- § RS 56:7.1. Jesse J. Guidry Center for Wildlife and Fisheries Resources
- § RS 56:8. Definitions
- § RS 56:9. Report of violations; criminal prosecution; schedule of fines; citations; ex officio notaries public
- § RS 56:10. Annual report to governor; estimate of proposed expenditures; particular funds; limitations on purposes for use of monies in particular funds and accounts; warrants; vouchers; surplus funds
- § RS 56:10.1. Aquatic Plant Control Dedicated Fund Account; creation; uses
- § RS 56:10.2. Derelict Houseboat Fund Account
- § RS 56:10.3. Lifetime License Endowment Trust Account
- § RS 56:11. Bond of director and employees
- § RS 56:12. Boats and other movable property
- § RS 56:13. Placing of advertising signs on state-owned property
- § RS 56:15. Prohibited acts involving interstate commerce
- § RS 56:16. Intentional concealment, destruction, or deposit of illegal fish, wildlife, or other animals; penalties
- § RS 56:17. Taking fish for purpose of science and cultivation; permits; propagation of fish
- § RS 56:18. Trespass on or injury to structures or areas used for scientific experiments
- § RS 56:19. Exchange of fish hatched at fish hatcheries for fish roe or fish eggs
- § RS 56:20. Releasing game, fowl, or fish; permission; intrastate restocking; importation; violations
- § RS 56:21. Stocking waters with fish
- § RS 56:22. Rules and regulations for protection and preservation of fish
- § RS 56:23. Penalty for violations
- § RS 56:24. Contract by commission with private landowners for use of lands for wildlife management areas in consideration for relief from certain taxation
- § RS 56:25. Fish and wildlife restoration and management projects; assent to federal aid act; duties of commission
- § RS 56:27. Management and harvesting of fish in private ponds exempt from statutory limitations; permits; exceptions
- § RS 56:28. Official badges, identification cards, other insignia
- § RS 56:29. Interference with marks or buoys
- § RS 56:30. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; powers; duties; functions; periodic evaluation of fees and charges imposed
- § RS 56:30.1. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; issuance of licenses and permits for hunting and fishing
- § RS 56:30.2. Notice to legislators
- § RS 56:30.3. Lease of state lands; access to public waterways
- § RS 56:30.4. Geophysical and geological surveys
- § RS 56:30.5. Notice to parish governing authorities
- § RS 56:31. Class one violations
- § RS 56:31.1. Revocation of license; denial of license; penalties
- § RS 56:32. Class two violation
- § RS 56:32.1. Civil suit for recovery of value
- § RS 56:33. Class three violation
- § RS 56:34. Class four violation
- § RS 56:35. Class five violation
- § RS 56:36. Class six violation
- § RS 56:37. Class seven violation
- § RS 56:37.1. Class eight violation
- § RS 56:38. Revocation of license
- § RS 56:39. Forfeiture of quadrupeds, birds, and fish; Fish and Wildlife Violations Reward Fund, creation and use of fund monies
- § RS 56:40.1. Liability for value of fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life
- § RS 56:40.2. Value of fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life
- § RS 56:40.3. Civil penalties; assessment; administrative hearing
- § RS 56:40.4. Civil suit for recovery of value
- § RS 56:40.5. Venue and procedure
- § RS 56:40.6. More than one defendant
- § RS 56:40.7. Recovery of value in addition to fine
- § RS 56:40.8. Both civil suit and criminal prosecution permissible; exceptions
- § RS 56:40.9. Disposition of recovery
- § RS 56:45. Jurisdiction of trial of violations
- § RS 56:46. Venue when river divides parishes
- § RS 56:47. Venue when offense committed in lake, bay, or other body of water
- § RS 56:48. Venue when offense committed in the Gulf of Mexico
- § RS 56:49. Venue when exact place of vessel cannot be determined
- § RS 56:50. Venue; exception when exact place cannot be determined
- § RS 56:51. Limits of state sovereignty
- § RS 56:52. Issuance of search warrants
- § RS 56:53. Commissioned wildlife enforcement agents of the enforcement division may carry weapons
- § RS 56:54. License requirements; enforcement by wildlife agents; arrest without warrant
- § RS 56:54.1. Prima facie evidence of violation of law
- § RS 56:55. Search with or without warrant
- § RS 56:55.1. Toledo Bend Reservoir; assignment of officers
- § RS 56:55.2. Additional authority of commissioned wildlife enforcement agents
- § RS 56:55.3. Boats maintained for enforcement; vehicle equipment
- § RS 56:56. Seizure or surrender of things illegally used or possessed
- § RS 56:57. Seizure of vessels, airplanes, vehicles, and equipment
- § RS 56:57.1. Forfeitures for fraud
- § RS 56:57.3. Licenses; fraudulent acquisition; penalty
- § RS 56:58. Disposition of seizures other than vessels, airplanes, and other vehicles
- § RS 56:59. Disposition of seized vessels, airplanes, vehicles, and equipment therefor
- § RS 56:60. Confiscation of things seized
- § RS 56:61. Disposition of things, other than vessels, airplanes, vehicles and equipment, confiscated or forfeited to the department
- § RS 56:62. Time limit for retention of things seized
- § RS 56:63. Proceeds of sales of things seized; commingling with conservation fund
- § RS 56:64. Proceeds of sales of things seized; no liability after two years
- § RS 56:65. No liability for acts performed in good faith
- § RS 56:66. No criminal liability for covert operations officers
- § RS 56:67. Enforcement of civil judgment
- § RS 56:68. Aviation unit; powers and duties
- § RS 56:68.1. Federal enforcement officers; Avoyelles Parish; Cameron Parish; Calcasieu Parish
- § RS 56:68.2. Federal enforcement; saltwater fisheries laws
- § RS 56:69. Exemptions from traffic regulations
- § RS 56:69.1. Purpose
- § RS 56:69.2. Definitions
- § RS 56:69.3. Commissions and commissioning
- § RS 56:69.4. Requirements for commissioning
- § RS 56:69.5. Training
- § RS 56:69.6. Probation
- § RS 56:69.7. Renewal of commissions
- § RS 56:69.8. Revocation of commissions
- § RS 56:69.9. Reserve agent
- § RS 56:69.10. Powers and duties of auxiliary agents
- § RS 56:69.11. Compensation
- § RS 56:69.12. Liability
- § RS 56:69.13. Rules and regulations
- § RS 56:69.21. Wildlife Violator Compact
- § RS 56:69.22. Definitions
- § RS 56:69.23. Procedures for issuing citations in relation to the Wildlife Violators Compact
- § RS 56:69.24. Procedure for the home state
- § RS 56:69.25. Reciprocal recognition of suspension
- § RS 56:69.26. Applicability of other laws
- § RS 56:69.27. Compact administrator procedures
- § RS 56:69.28. Entry into and withdrawal from the Wildlife Violator Compact
- § RS 56:69.29. Amendments to the Wildlife Violator Compact
- § RS 56:69.30. Licensing authority; rules and regulations
- § RS 56:69.31. Construction and severability
- § RS 56:70.1. Title
- § RS 56:70.2. Creation and purpose
- § RS 56:70.3. Louisiana Help Our Wildlife Fund; uses of fund
- § RS 56:70.4. Rewards; payments
- § RS 56:71. Governor authorized to enter into compact with other states relative to better utilization of fisheries
- § RS 56:72. Purpose of compact
- § RS 56:73. Time compact becomes operative; parties to compact
- § RS 56:74. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; representatives; qualifications
- § RS 56:75. Powers of commission; legislation
- § RS 56:76. Officers; rules and regulations; meetings
- § RS 56:77. Action taken by commission; requirements
- § RS 56:78. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to be primary research agency; advisory committee
- § RS 56:79. Participation of non-coastal state; limitation
- § RS 56:80. Signatory states not precluded from additional restrictions
- § RS 56:81. Additional compact amendments by signatory states
- § RS 56:82. Absence from representation on the commission
- § RS 56:83. Operating expenses; proration
- § RS 56:84. Continuance of compact; renunciation; notice
- § RS 56:85. Commission representatives from Louisiana; appointment; alternates
- § RS 56:86. Commission powers to be no limitation on state powers
- § RS 56:87. Necessary travel expenses; payment
- § RS 56:102. Hunting guide license; fees; penalties
- § RS 56:103. License required
- § RS 56:104.1. Hunting permits for persons with physical disabilities
- § RS 56:106. Field trials
- § RS 56:107. Firing, feeding and breeding grounds
- § RS 56:108. Deer and turkey harvest records and tagging
- § RS 56:109. Wildlife management areas; wildlife refuges; public hunting grounds and recreation areas; notice; signs; hunters with disabilities
- § RS 56:109.1. Use of all-terrain vehicle trails on wildlife management areas
- § RS 56:109.2. Preservation of wildlife management areas; wildlife refuges; public hunting grounds and recreation areas
- § RS 56:109.3. Levy of mooring fees in the Atchafalaya Delta WMA; Atchafalaya Delta WMA Mooring Account; deposit of fees to the account; uses of the monies in the account
- § RS 56:109.4. Use of airboats on the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
- § RS 56:110. Deer Management Assistance Program areas; notice; signs; prohibitions
- § RS 56:110.1. Quality Deer Management Program
- § RS 56:111. Removal or destruction of signs
- § RS 56:112. Disposal of birds or quadrupeds becoming a nuisance
- § RS 56:113. Taking wild birds or game imported for experimentation or propagation
- § RS 56:114. Open season; curtailment by parish governing authority
- § RS 56:115. Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; adoption of seasons, bag and possession limits; rules and regulations; penalties
- § RS 56:116. Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; special hunting seasons
- § RS 56:116.1. Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; times and methods of taking; penalties
- § RS 56:116.2. Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; sales, purchases of parts prohibited; exceptions
- § RS 56:116.3. Special provisions applicable to deer and bear; times and methods of taking; penalties
- § RS 56:116.4. Special provisions applicable to turkey; times and methods of taking; penalties
- § RS 56:116.5. Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited; penalties
- § RS 56:116.6. Sound suppressors
- § RS 56:117. Possession limits; game birds; transportation of game birds; tags
- § RS 56:118. Migratory game bird violations
- § RS 56:119. Possession of game birds after close of open season
- § RS 56:120. Storage of game birds or quadrupeds; tags
- § RS 56:121. Traps, cages, etc., for taking wild birds; confiscation; exception for destructive blackbirds
- § RS 56:121.1. Traps; wild quadrupeds
- § RS 56:122. Carrier pigeons, killing or catching when banded prohibited; penalty
- § RS 56:124.1. Dogs; regulation of; police juries
- § RS 56:125. Possession of game quadrupeds; tags; deer carcasses
- § RS 56:126. Wildlife Rehabilitation Program; exemption
- § RS 56:127. Confiscation of illegal traps or snares and quadrupeds taken thereby
- § RS 56:128. Falconry
- § RS 56:136. Jurisdiction where offense committed in river between two parishes or in Gulf of Mexico
- § RS 56:139. Criminal penalty
- § RS 56:140. Foxes; bobcats
- § RS 56:141. Training of dogs during closed season; taking of certain pen-raised birds for the purposes of field trials and hunting dog training
- § RS 56:142. Catahoula lake area; operation of mud boats for purpose of hunting or fishing prohibited
- § RS 56:143. "Hunter orange" or "blaze pink" display by hunters with guns
- § RS 56:151. Purpose
- § RS 56:153. Design, marketing, and sale of duck stamps and prints
- § RS 56:171. Wildlife; business of raising and selling; breeder's license
- § RS 56:172. Killing of birds or animals; sale; trapping regulations; exporting live specimens
- § RS 56:173. Transportation of birds or animals killed; tags; sale of carcass
- § RS 56:174. Shipment of carcasses or parts thereof; tag or label
- § RS 56:175. License for sale of birds killed and tagged
- § RS 56:176. Report of birds or animals killed and sold
- § RS 56:177. Fencing farms or preserves
- § RS 56:178. Ownership of birds and animals on fenced breeding area; trespass
- § RS 56:180. Revocation of license
- § RS 56:181. Penalty for violation of Sub-part
- § RS 56:191. Title
- § RS 56:192. Purpose
- § RS 56:193. Wildlife biologists; duties; qualification
- § RS 56:251. Licenses; possession limit for nonresident alligator hunter; deposit as guarantee of payment of severance tax; penalties
- § RS 56:252. Residence of alligator hunters, fur buyers and dealers
- § RS 56:253. Shipping raw furs, alligators, alligator skins, and alligator parts out of state; tags
- § RS 56:255. Alligator records; inspections
- § RS 56:258. Dealer records; payment of tax; confiscation of furs and skins
- § RS 56:259. Open season; method of taking animals; prohibited devices; possession and sale of skins
- § RS 56:260. Setting a trap, snare, net, or other device
- § RS 56:261. Possession; alligator eggs, live alligators, skins
- § RS 56:262. Nongame quadrupeds; breeding, propagation, and exhibition
- § RS 56:263. Alligator parts; buying and selling; license; reports; tagging
- § RS 56:264. Scientific research
- § RS 56:265. Trespass on marshlands to trap or hunt fur bearing animals
- § RS 56:266. Louisiana Fur Public Education and Marketing Fund
- § RS 56:278. Louisiana Alligator Advisory Council
- § RS 56:279. Louisiana Alligator Resource Dedicated Fund Account
- § RS 56:280. White or albino alligators; taking from the wild; prohibition; penalties; notification to alligator hunters
- § RS 56:281. Nutria control cost-sharing; statement of intent
- § RS 56:282. Powers and duties of the secretary
- § RS 56:283. Cooperative agreements; cost-sharing
- § RS 56:284. Annual proposal; cost-sharing; purpose
- § RS 56:291. Feeding of wild bears prohibited
- § RS 56:301. Definitions
- § RS 56:301.1. License requirements; possession; nontransferability
- § RS 56:301.2. Application requirements; proof of residency; material misstatements; fees for certain alien individual licenses
- § RS 56:301.3. Applicability to other fishing laws
- § RS 56:301.4. Records; confidentiality
- § RS 56:301.5. Commission rules and regulations
- § RS 56:301.6. Special licenses and permits
- § RS 56:301.7. Dedication of proceeds of licenses
- § RS 56:301.8. Nonresident recreational fishermen; possession of license; penalty
- § RS 56:301.9. Issuance of commercial licenses via Internet transactions
- § RS 56:301.10. Louisiana Finfish Task Force
- § RS 56:302. Recreational fishing; recreational gear
- § RS 56:302.1. Saltwater fishing; charter fishing
- § RS 56:302.7. Free fishing days
- § RS 56:302.9. Charter boat fishing guide license; nonresident fee
- § RS 56:302.9.1. Charter boat license; skiff fee; charter fishing trip license
- § RS 56:302.10. Sale of recreational catch
- § RS 56:303. Commercial fisherman's license; charter boat fishing guide's license certification; fees; place of purchase; information
- § RS 56:303.1. Commercial fisherman's license; license year; purchase period
- § RS 56:303.1.1. Fresh products license
- § RS 56:303.2. License possession; menhaden
- § RS 56:303.3. Helpers
- § RS 56:303.4. Commercial fisherman's sales receipt form
- § RS 56:303.5. Presumptions relative to fish caught by person possessing a commercial fishing license
- § RS 56:303.6. Oyster harvester license
- § RS 56:303.7. Transport and sale of the catch
- § RS 56:303.8. Special apprentice license; commercial taking of saltwater fish; requirements
- § RS 56:303.9. Presumption of fish used for commercial purposes only
- § RS 56:304. Vessel license; fees; place of purchase
- § RS 56:304.1. Vessel license; license year; purchase period
- § RS 56:304.2. Operation by person not holding a commercial fisherman's license
- § RS 56:304.3. Registered vessels
- § RS 56:304.4. Display of license
- § RS 56:304.5. Transferability; change of vessel name
- § RS 56:305. Commercial gear license; issuance to certain nonresidents prohibited; moratorium on certain new gear licenses; renewals
- § RS 56:305.1. License year; place of purchase; purchase period
- § RS 56:305.2. Applicant, license information; commercial gear license for the fishing of menhaden
- § RS 56:305.3. Temporary transfer of commercial gear licenses
- § RS 56:305.4. Other licenses
- § RS 56:305.5. Commercial gear license for gill net; permits to be used in the EEZ; dedication and expenditure of funds collected
- § RS 56:305.6. Commercial crab fishing; apprentice license; requirements
- § RS 56:305.7. Rod and reel gear license eligibility; class three or greater violations; prohibitions
- § RS 56:306. Wholesale/retail seafood dealer's license; place of business; employees; exemptions; wholesale out-of-state crab shipping license; imported seafood license
- § RS 56:306.1. Retail seafood dealer's license; place of business; employees; retail out-of-state crab shipping license; imported seafood license
- § RS 56:306.2. License fee; place of purchase
- § RS 56:306.3. Wholesale/retail seafood dealer's license and retail seafood dealer's license; license year; purchase period
- § RS 56:306.4. Restrictions on buying and selling and transportation by wholesale/retail seafood dealers; retail seafood dealer's license; restaurants and retail grocers
- § RS 56:306.5. Records
- § RS 56:306.6. Monthly returns to the department by wholesale/retail seafood dealers
- § RS 56:306.7. Definitions
- § RS 56:307. Transporter; license required
- § RS 56:307.1. Transport license fee; underlying license
- § RS 56:307.2. Buying and selling prohibition by transporters; exceptions
- § RS 56:307.3. Number of licenses that can be purchased
- § RS 56:307.5. Transferability
- § RS 56:307.6. Common carriers
- § RS 56:307.7. Shipping records
- § RS 56:308. Penalty
- § RS 56:313. Control of fisheries; duty of commission; duty of the department
- § RS 56:314. Confiscation of unlawful tackle
- § RS 56:315. Sanctuaries and propagating places; closed zones
- § RS 56:315.1. Fish ladders
- § RS 56:316. Trespass on areas set aside for propagation of fish
- § RS 56:317. Louisiana Catch and Cook Program; preparation of recreational fish or alligator in retail food establishments
- § RS 56:318. Taking fish for scientific or educational purposes; permits
- § RS 56:318.1. Fishing tournaments; special permits
- § RS 56:319. Exotic fish; importation, sale, and possession of certain exotic species prohibited; permit required; penalty
- § RS 56:319.1. Control of importation of fish; department's regulatory authority
- § RS 56:319.2. Designation and taking of exotic fish
- § RS 56:320. Methods of taking freshwater or saltwater fish
- § RS 56:320.1. Use and possession of certain gill nets, trammel nets, strike nets, or seines; prohibited
- § RS 56:320.2. Federal exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
- § RS 56:321. Elevated trotlines prohibited; civil liability
- § RS 56:322. Seines or nets; size of mesh; classification as to salt or fresh water; crawfish traps
- § RS 56:322.1. Shad seine; commercial harvest of shad and skipjack herring
- § RS 56:322.2. Shad gill nets; commercial harvest of shad and skipjack herring
- § RS 56:323. Bait; methods of taking
- § RS 56:324. Menhaden seines; restrictions
- § RS 56:325. Daily take, possession, and size limits; freshwater recreational fish; possession of finfish filets prohibited
- § RS 56:325.1. Size and possession limits; recreational saltwater finfish; penalties
- § RS 56:325.2. Saltwater recreational finfish; total length
- § RS 56:325.3. Spotted sea trout commercial taking; annual quota; red drum commercial taking, possession, or landing prohibited
- § RS 56:325.4. Commercial taking of other saltwater finfish; exceptions; mesh size