Louisiana § RS 40:510 - Exclusion or ejection of unauthorized persons

Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 40:510 — Exclusion or ejection of unauthorized persons, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ RS 40:510. Exclusion or ejection of unauthorized persons

Persons who are present on the developments or other property of the authority, and who are not residents, their guests, or employees of the local housing authority, its guests, law enforcement officers, or others conducting official business, may be excluded from such premises by the local housing authority, and, if said persons shall refuse to leave, after first being requested to do so, said persons shall be considered trespassers who shall be subject to an applicable state or local trespass law.  Additionally, and without limiting the foregoing, the local housing authority may obtain injunctions for the temporary or permanent exclusion of such persons from authority property.

Acts 1990, No. 467, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.

Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section RS 40:510 ("Exclusion or ejection of unauthorized persons") 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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