Bossier Parish, LA Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)
Barking dog rules in Bossier Parish, LA, also called nuisance dog, dog noise, or excessive barking ordinances, define when a barking dog becomes a code violation and how complaints are handled.
Key Facts
- Where it applies
- Listed parish subdivisions only (Sec. 14-3(a))
- Nuisance conduct
- Excessive or untimely barking, howling, yelping
- First offense fine
- $20.00 or 10-day imprisonment
- Third+ offense fine
- $100.00 or 30-day imprisonment
- Court remedy
- 26th Judicial District Court may order animal reduction
Summary
In listed unincorporated Bossier Parish subdivisions, excessive or untimely barking, howling or yelping that disturbs a neighborhood's peace and quiet is a declared public nuisance. Owners face escalating fines starting at $20.00, and a district court judge can order a reduction in the animals kept.
(2)Every owner or keeper of an animal shall exercise proper care and control of such animal to prevent the animal from becoming a public nuisance. Excessive or untimely barking, howling or yelping so as to disturb the peace and quiet of a neighborhood or its residents; being repeatedly at large; chasing vehicles; or scratching on, digging into or urinating or defecating upon lawns, shrubs, buildings or any property other than the property of the owner or keeper of such animal shall be deemed to be the creation of a public nuisance.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 14-3 applies within a long list of named parish subdivisions, including Tall Timbers, Dogwood Park, River Ridge, Palmetto Park, Cypress Lake East and dozens more listed in subsection (a). Within those subdivisions, subsection (b)(2) requires every owner or keeper of an animal to exercise proper care and control to prevent it from becoming a public nuisance, and specifically names excessive or untimely barking, howling or yelping that disturbs the peace and quiet of a neighborhood or its residents as creating that nuisance, alongside being repeatedly at large, chasing vehicles, and fouling others' property.
Where a nuisance is found, the judge of the 26th Judicial District Court for the parish can order the owner to reduce the number of animals kept or impose whatever reasonable restrictions the court deems necessary to eliminate or mitigate the nuisance. This subdivision-based rule operates alongside the parish's separate parish-wide noise ordinance in Chapter 46, which exempts animal noise from agriculturally zoned parcels under Sec. 46-36(a)(4); Sec. 14-3 carries no comparable agricultural carve-out for the subdivisions it covers.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 14-3(d) sets a graduated fine schedule for violations of the section: a first offense carries a $20.00 fine or a ten-day term of imprisonment, a second offense carries a $50.00 fine or a 20-day term, and a third or subsequent offense carries a $100.00 fine or a 30-day term of imprisonment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is barking dog noise regulated in unincorporated Bossier Parish?
What can happen if my dog is repeatedly cited for barking?
What is the fine for a barking dog nuisance violation?
Sources & Official References
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