Louisiana § RS 33:4876.3 - Authority to abate a public nuisance; procedures
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§ RS 33:4876.3. Authority to abate a public nuisance; procedures
A. A municipality or parish may adopt procedures that conform to this Section for the abatement and removal from private or public property or a public right-of-way of a junk, wrecked, or used automobile or part of a wrecked or used automobile or vehicle as a public nuisance.
B. Any procedures adopted by a municipality or parish shall, at minimum:
(1) Prohibit a vehicle from being reconstructed or made operable after removal.
(2) Require a public hearing upon the request of a person who receives notice as provided by R.S. 33:4876.4. if the request is made not later than the date by which the nuisance must be abated and removed.
C. A court with jurisdiction in the municipality or parish where the offense occurred may issue necessary orders to enforce the procedures.
D. Procedures for abatement and removal of a public nuisance shall be administered by regularly salaried, full-time employees of the municipality or parish, except that any authorized person may remove the nuisance.
E. A person authorized to administer the procedures may enter private property to examine the public nuisance, to obtain information to identify the nuisance, and to remove or direct the removal of the nuisance.
F. Upon removal of the vehicle or part of a vehicle, the municipality or parish shall proceed to have the vehicle or part of a vehicle dismantled or processed for recycling as an entity who has the right to sell or transfer the vehicle or part of a vehicle pursuant to provisions of R.S: 32:718.
G. The procedures may provide that the relocation of a junk, wrecked, or used automobile or motor vehicle that is a public nuisance to another location in the same municipality or parish after a proceeding for the abatement and removal of the public nuisance has commenced will have no effect on the proceeding if the junk, wrecked, or used automobile or motor vehicle constitutes a public nuisance at the new location.
H. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this Section shall not be applicable in any parish with a population between four hundred twenty thousand persons and four hundred thirty thousand persons based on the latest federal decennial census.
Acts 2024, No. 718, §3.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 33:4876.3 ("Authority to abate a public nuisance; procedures") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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