East Baton Rouge Parish, LA Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- First-violation penalty
- $117.00
- Repeat violation (within 12 mo)
- $167.00
- Late fee, 1-59 days
- $35.00
- Late fee, 60+ days
- $50.00
- Appeal deadline
- 15 calendar days from notice
- Notice payment window
- At least 60 days
- Enforcing agency
- Department of Public Works or contractor
Summary
Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish run a photographic traffic signal enforcement system at designated intersections. A vehicle owner is civilly liable for $117.00 the first time the vehicle crosses the stop bar on a steady red signal, rising to $167.00 for a repeat violation within twelve months.
Except as provided in c. and d. below, the owner of a vehicle is liable for a civil penalty of one hundred seventeen dollars ($117.00) if the vehicle proceeds into an intersection at a system location when the traffic control signal for that vehicle's direction of travel is emitting a steady red signal. ... For a second or subsequent violation by the same licensed vehicle during any twelve-month period, the amount of the civil penalty assessed to the owner shall be one hundred sixty-seven dollars ($167.00). ... An owner who fails to timely pay a civil penalty shall be subject to an additional late payment penalty of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for payments postmarked one (1) to fifty-nine (59) days after the due date stated on the notice and fifty dollars ($50.00) for payments postmarked sixty (60) or more days after the due date stated on the notice in addition to the original violation penalty.
Full Breakdown
City-Parish Code § 11:54 authorizes the Department of Public Works, or a contractor DPW hires, to install still- and video-camera systems at intersection "system locations" that photograph a vehicle's rear before it crosses the white stop bar on a red signal and again showing its license plate. The ordinance frames the program as a public-safety measure: the Metropolitan Council found that vehicles running red signals endanger drivers and pedestrians, slow traffic flow and drive up crash-response costs. Liability is civil, not criminal, and attaches to the registered owner rather than the driver.
DPW must mail a notice of violation within ten calendar days of pulling the owner's registration record (never more than 90 days after the violation), and the notice is presumed received five days after mailing. The notice must list the violation, date, time and location, a copy of the recorded images, the penalty amount, a payment deadline at least 60 days out, and the owner's right to contest the penalty at an administrative adjudication hearing before the traffic adjudication hearing office. An owner who neither pays nor requests a hearing within 15 calendar days of receipt waives the right to appeal.
00 if paid 60 or more days late, and DPW can pursue collection through vehicle immobilization (booting), credit-reporting agencies or small claims court. The section was enacted by Ord. No. 14099 on 8-8-07 and amended by Ord. No. 14191 on 10-10-07.
Violations & Fines
First offense: $117.00 civil penalty against the vehicle's registered owner. Second or subsequent offense by the same vehicle within a rolling 12-month period: $167.00. Late payment adds $35.00 (1-59 days overdue) or $50.00 (60+ days overdue) on top of the original penalty, and DPW may boot the vehicle or send the debt to collections or small claims court.
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