Property Maintenance in Louisiana (2026)

Jefferson Parish's dangerous buildings law lets code inspectors declare a structurally unsound, unhealthful…

Ouachita Parish's property standards board can order the demolition and removal of any structure in the unincorporated…

Shreveport runs blight enforcement through the department of property standards and an administrative environmental…

Ascension Parish Code § 6-15 lets the Building Official condemn a structure that is unsafe, unsanitary, a fire hazard…

In unincorporated Bossier Parish, Code Section 18-3 makes it unlawful to let a dilapidated, obsolete, fire-hazard or…

In Caddo Parish's unincorporated area, the property standards board (the full parish commission) can condemn a building…

Lafayette code officials can placard, close, and lien vacant, unsafe buildings citywide and parish-wide, with liens…

Lake Charles bans owners from maintaining blighted or abandoned property anywhere in the city, declaring both a public…

New Orleans can declare an occupied home or building 'blighted' or a public nuisance under City Code § 26-237.1 if its…

The Rapides Parish Police Jury can condemn and order the demolition or removal of any dilapidated, dangerous building…

Article III of the parish nuisance code declares blighted, derelict, dangerous, or long-vacant structures a public…

Tangipahoa Parish treats a deteriorated, hazardous property as 'criminal blighting' once a parish hearing officer…

Terrebonne Parish Code Section 14-156 declares any dilapidated and dangerous structure a nuisance subject to…

East Baton Rouge Parish runs an active blight program. Code Sec. 12:651 defines blight to include junk, trash…

Lafayette's Property Maintenance Code, § 26-258, requires every vacant lot and vacant structure to stay clean, safe…

Owners of vacant lots must cut grass and weeds once growth reaches 12 inches, clear vegetation on the abutting…

When an owner in an approved unincorporated Bossier Parish subdivision fails to clear obnoxious weeds or growth after…

East Baton Rouge Parish caps grass and weeds on any lot within a recognized subdivision at 12 inches, and it cannot…

Jefferson Parish bans grass or weeds over eight inches within 150 feet of any building on unincorporated property…

Vacant and unimproved land outside an occupied subdivision or neighborhood in Lafayette Parish gets a looser 24-inch…

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government bans weeds, grass or noxious growth over 12 inches on lots within…

New Orleans requires every real estate owner to keep grass and weeds under 10 inches on their lot and the curb strip in…

The Police Jury can cut obnoxious weeds and grass on any lot in a recognized subdivision outside a municipality…

St. Tammany Parish bans letting rubbish, junk appliances, scrap metal, or lumber pile up on any vacant lot…

Owners of vacant lots outside Tangipahoa Parish's municipalities must cut grass and weeds once they exceed 18 inches…

Terrebonne Parish bans tall grass and accumulated trash or junk on undeveloped residential lots and on the outer 30…

Shreveport imposes no snow or ice clearing duty on property owners; the code contains no such provision. Abutting…