Terrebonne Parish, LA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Chapter 14, Article VII of the Terrebonne Parish Code targets buildings and structures made dilapidated and dangerous by fire, age, weather or general deterioration, finding under Section 14-158 that such structures attract vagrants, endanger children and can become rodent-infested health hazards. The department inspects on its own initiative or on a resident's complaint, compiling a written report with photographs under Section 14-159(a). S. 33:4762 et seq. Absent an emergency, the department serves a nuisance warning describing the structure, its lot and subdivision, the specific defects, and the corrective steps needed; Section 14-304(c)(1) sets the compliance window at a minimum of 15 days, longer than the standard five-day nuisance deadline.

S. , bypassing the citation and hearing-officer process used for other nuisances under Article XI except as provided in Section 14-321. Condemned property is further declared blighted under Section 14-160, which applies the shortened 18-month tax-sale redemption period set out in Section 14-172 in place of the normal three years.