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La. Rev. Stat. § 56:40.1 (2026)

Liability for value of fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life

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SUBPART A-1.  CIVIL PENALTIES FOR RESTITUTION OF

VALUE OF WILDLIFE AND AQUATIC LIFE

§40.1.  Liability for value of fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life

A person who kills, catches, takes, possesses, or injures any fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life in violation of this Title, or a regulation adopted pursuant to this Title, or a federal statute or regulation governing fish and wildlife, or who, through the violation of any other state or federal law or regulation, kills or injures any fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life, is liable to the state for the value of each fish, wild bird, wild quadruped, and other wildlife and aquatic life, unlawfully killed, caught, taken, possessed, or injured.  

Acts 1988, No. 169, §2.  

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2011–2014 · leading case: In Re Deepwater Horizon, 745 F.3d 157 (5th Cir. 2014).
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In Re Deepwater Horizon, 745 F.3d 157 (5th Cir. 2014). · cites it 2× “R.S. 56:40.1. 2 Suits filed originally in state court were removed to federal court, which denied the Parishes’ motions to remand and then dismissed all of the Parishes’ claims as preempted by federal law.”
In re Oil Spill, 835 F. Supp. 2d 175 (2011). · cites it 11× “R.S. 56:40.1, et seq. (same), and the Texas Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 1991, Tex.”
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