Public Conduct in Rapides Parish, LA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Rapides Parish. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Aggressive Panhandling
Unincorporated Rapides Parish outlaws vagrancy as a misdemeanor under Sec. 19-11, and its definition sweeps in anyone who wanders or begs, goes door to door, or stations themselves on a street, highway, alley or passage to beg or receive alms. The section also targets habitual drunkards and anyone living by gambling, stealing, or trading stolen goods.
Rapides Parish Vagrancy and Begging Ban
Heavy RestrictionsRapides Parish Code § 19-11
All persons, who, not having visible means to maintain themselves, live without employment; all persons wandering abroad and lodging in groceries, taverns, beer houses, bar rooms, market houses, sheds, barns, outhouses, uninhabited building, railroads or streetcars, steamboats or other watercrafts, public buildings or open air; all persons wandering or begging, or who go from door to door, or p...
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