Caddo Parish, LA Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

Section 8-38(a) of the Code of Ordinances prohibits willfully or knowingly harboring or keeping any animal, on the owner's premises or elsewhere, that causes an unreasonable disturbance of the peace of neighbors or occupants of adjacent premises, and explicitly names excessive barking as covered conduct. For most nuisances, a person is only deemed to have willfully violated the section if, after notification by the animal services department or law enforcement, they refuse for 24 hours to correct the problem and prevent its recurrence. Barking gets no such grace period: the statute specifies that in the matter of excessive barking, the remedy shall be immediate upon notification, meaning the owner must act as soon as animal control or police notify them rather than waiting out a 24-hour window.

Section 8-38(b) separately requires every animal owner to maintain their premises so as not to create a private nuisance to adjoining property or a public nuisance generally, restraining animals so that emanating noise does not disturb nearby residents. Sections 8-38(c) and (d) round out the nuisance chapter with sanitation duties, requiring owners to prevent odors, pest breeding, and to promptly remove and sanitarily dispose of animal waste that soils a public street or another person's property. Enforcement runs through Caddo Parish Animal Services and, per section 8-8(e), parish sheriffs and municipal police officers within the parish.