§4876.4. Notice; time frame
A. The procedures for the abatement and removal of a public nuisance under
R.S. 33:4876.3 shall provide not less than ten days' notice of the nature of the
nuisance. The notice must be personally delivered, sent by certified mail with a
five-day return requested, or delivered by the United States Postal Service with
signature confirmation service to:
(1) The last known registered owner of the public nuisance vehicle.
(2) Each lienholder of record of the public nuisance vehicle.
(3) The owner or occupant of:
(a) The property on which the public nuisance vehicle is located.
(b) The property adjacent to the right-of-way, if the public nuisance vehicle
is located in a public right-of-way.
B. The notice shall clearly state the following:
(1) The public nuisance vehicle must be abated and removed not later than
the tenth day after the date on which the notice was personally delivered or mailed.
(2) Any request for a hearing must be made within ten days.
C. If the post office address of the last known registered owner is unknown,
notice may be placed on the public nuisance vehicle or, if the owner is located,
personally delivered.
D. If the notice is returned undelivered, action to abate the public nuisance
vehicle shall be continued to a date not earlier than the eleventh day after the date of
the return.
E. 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.