Property Maintenance in Ouachita Parish, LA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
Verified from official government sources
Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Ouachita Parish. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Property Blight
Ouachita Parish's property standards board can order the demolition and removal of any structure in the unincorporated parish found substandard, at the owner's cost, under Section 3½-13(a)(3). The board can also order repair, vacate-and-placard, removal of personal property, securing of a hazardous vacant structure, or nuisance abatement, with parish forces or a contractor doing the work if the owner does not.
Ouachita Parish Substandard Structure Demolition Power
Heavy RestrictionsOuachita Parish Code of Ordinances § 3½-13(a)(3)
Ordering the demolition and removal of structures found to be substandard. Demolition and/or removal may be accomplished by the use of parish forces or private contractor retained by the parish, with the costs of such demolition and/or removal being the responsibility of the owner.
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