§ 3:3006 — Sale of unclaimed livestock

§3006. Sale of unclaimed livestock
If, after the notice provided for in R.S. 3:3004 and 3005, the owner does not appear
at the time specified, the sheriff shall proceed to sell such impounded livestock in the
following manner:
The sheriff or animal control authority of the parish in which the livestock was found
at large shall give notice by the parish government's public notice procedure. The place of
the sale shall be at the courthouse or at some other public place in the vicinity of the
courthouse, and the sale shall be made not less than ten nor more than twenty days after
publication of one notice of the sale. The sale shall be by auction to the last and highest
bidder for cash. From the price of the sale, the sheriff shall deduct the fee of the person
impounding the livestock, the cost of feeding and caring for the livestock at the rates
specified in R.S. 3:3004, and all expenses incurred in the sale. The sheriff shall pay the
person taking up the livestock the fee due him and the person feeding and caring for the
livestock the fees provided for such services, and the remainder shall be retained in the parish
government where the animal was located.

Legislative History

Acts 1958, No. 399, §1; Acts 2024, No. 55, §1, eff. May 15, 2024.