Rental Property Rules in Louisiana (2026)
22 rules on the books across Louisiana, 10 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Rent Control
Local limits on how much landlords can raise rent each year, including which properties are covered and exemptions for newer buildings.
Louisiana: statewide
StatewideFew RestrictionsLouisiana has no statewide rent control and no statute capping rent or rent increases. No Louisiana city or parish…
Read full rule →Shreveport
Few RestrictionsRent control is barred in Shreveport. La. R.S. 9:3258 shields a lessor's lease rights from being altered except by…
Read full rule →Just Cause Eviction
Protections requiring landlords to have a valid reason to evict tenants, such as nonpayment of rent, lease violations, or owner move-in.
Louisiana: statewide
StatewideFew RestrictionsLouisiana requires no just cause to evict. Under Code of Civil Procedure art. 4701, a landlord may end a lease and…
Read full rule →Baton Rouge
Few RestrictionsBaton Rouge has no local just-cause eviction ordinance. Louisiana state law governs evictions and does not require…
Read full rule →Shreveport
Few RestrictionsShreveport has no just-cause eviction ordinance. Louisiana lets a landlord end a lease and evict without stating a…
Read full rule →Rental Registration
Requirements for landlords to register rental properties with the city, including inspection programs, fees, and occupancy standards.
Baton Rouge
Heavy RestrictionsBaton Rouge requires a $100 annual permit for all non-owner-occupied short-term rentals. Operators must carry $1…
Read full rule →New Orleans
Significant RestrictionsNew Orleans' Healthy Homes Program bars anyone from renting out a residential unit, long-term or short-term, without…
Read full rule →Shreveport
Few RestrictionsShreveport runs no rental registration or landlord licensing program. Leased housing is policed through Chapter 38…
Read full rule →Security Deposit Rules
Caps on how much landlords may collect as security deposits, return deadlines, itemized-deduction requirements, and tenant remedies for wrongfully withheld deposits.
Repairs & Habitability
The implied warranty of habitability, how long a landlord has to fix essential services (heat, water, plumbing, mold), and tenant remedies such as repair-and-deduct, rent withholding, or breaking the lease.
Louisiana: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsLouisiana imposes habitability through the Civil Code lease warranty. La. Civ. Code art. 2682 binds the lessor to…
Read full rule →Gretna
Some RestrictionsThe City of Gretna adopted the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code in full under Gretna Code of Ordinances §…
Read full rule →Kenner
Some RestrictionsKenner's Minimum Housing Standards Code, Sec. 5-61, sets the legal baseline for habitability in the City: the standards…
Read full rule →Lafayette
Some RestrictionsBefore a Lafayette code inspector can walk through a rental to check habitability, Sec. 26-257 requires written notice…
Read full rule →Lafayette Parish
Some RestrictionsThe LCG Property Maintenance Code sets minimum habitability standards for every rental unit in the City of Lafayette…
Read full rule →Lake Charles
Some RestrictionsLake Charles enforces rental and residential habitability under Code of Ordinances § 6-267, which adopts the 2009…
Read full rule →New Orleans
Some RestrictionsNew Orleans requires every rental housing unit in Orleans Parish to meet eleven baseline habitability standards under…
Read full rule →Ouachita Parish
Some RestrictionsOuachita Parish Code § 3½-34 bars any owner-occupant, landlord, or sublessor from letting a dwelling unit for…
Read full rule →Shreveport
Some RestrictionsEvery rental dwelling in Shreveport has to meet the maintenance floor set out in section 38-12 of the Property…
Read full rule →Tangipahoa Parish
Some RestrictionsLandlords in unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish cannot let a dwelling for human habitation unless it meets minimum…
Read full rule →Lease Termination & Notice to Vacate
Notice required to end a month-to-month tenancy, the rules and penalties for breaking a fixed-term lease early, and early-termination protections for active-duty military, domestic-violence survivors, and medical hardships.
Eviction Notice & Process
The notice a landlord must give before filing to evict, pay-or-quit and cure-or-quit periods, no-cause termination notice, how long the court eviction process takes in this state, and the tenant's options to respond or cure.
Squatter's Rights & Adverse Possession
When an occupant without a lease gains legal protections, the line between a trespasser and a squatter, how many years of continuous possession adverse possession requires in this state, and how an owner lawfully removes a squatter.