New Orleans pursues hoarding situations through Ch. 4 cruelty provisions and Louisiana Revised Statutes, with the LA-SPCA, NOPD, and Health Department coordinating seizure, sheltering, and prosecution of severe cases.
Ch. 4 incorporates Louisiana cruelty law (LA RS 14:102.1) and authorizes officers to seize animals kept in unsanitary, overcrowded, or neglectful conditions typical of hoarding. The LA-SPCA holds primary cruelty-investigation authority under contract. Health Department referrals may follow when human living conditions also pose risk. Courts may order forfeiture, mandatory mental-health evaluation, restitution for sheltering costs, and bans on owning animals for a period set by the judge. Aggravated cruelty under LA RS 14:102.1(B) is a felony.
Misdemeanor cruelty carries fines up to one thousand dollars and jail under LA RS 14:102.1; aggravated cruelty is a felony with prison and forfeiture of all animals.
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