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La. Rev. Stat. § 56:8 (2026)

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§8. Definitions

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Cited in 12 cases, 1986–2016 · leading case: State v. Thompson, 204 So. 3d 1019 (La. Ct. App. 2016).
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State v. Thompson, 204 So. 3d 1019 (La. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “R.S. 56:8 (119). “Confiscation” is defined to mean “the exercise of a right under the police power wherein property is seized and held pending court order if the seized material is nonperishable, or disposed of without judicial intervention if perishable.”
Abundance Square Assocs., L.P. v. Williams, 62 So. 3d 261 (La. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “R.S. 56:8(108). LDWF agreed to maintain and manage the property for hunting and fishing by the public.”
State v. Piazza, 655 So. 2d 1357 (La. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 6× “) or any other species of freshwater game fish as defined in R.S. 56:8(44) except hybrid striped bass (striped bass-white bass cross or striped bass-yellow bass cross) which are produced and regulated pursuant to provisions of R.”
State v. Robinson, 764 So. 2d 190 (La. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 3× “R.S. 56:8(55). Take means, in its different tenses, the attempt or act of hooking, pursuing, netting, capturing, snaring, trapping, shooting, hunting, wounding, or killing by any means or device.”
Holley v. Plum Creek Timber Co., 877 So. 2d 284 (La. Ct. App. 2004). “R.S. 56:8(108) as: [A]ny area set aside, maintained, and supervised by the commission for the purpose of managing and harvesting wild birds, wild quadrupeds, fish, and other aquatic life under controlled conditions to afford maximum public hunting and fishing opportunity.”
Vanacor v. Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries, 483 So. 2d 1127 (La. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 4× “56:320 and R.S. 56:8(91) insofar as prohibiting the taking of catfish only by approved slat traps.”
State v. Piazza, 668 So. 2d 1125 (La. 1996). · cites it 2× “R.S. 56:8(44), (82) and (83). After a bench trial on November 2, 1993, relator was found guilty as charged.”
State v. Wingate, 668 So. 2d 1324 (La. Ct. App. 1996). “R.S. 56:8(77), a transport license was not sufficient.”
State v. Neilson, 660 So. 2d 130 (La. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 3× “"`Take' means, in its different tenses, the attempt or act of hooking, pursuing, netting, capturing, snaring, trapping, shooting, hunting, wounding, or killing by any means or device." LSA-R.S. 56:8(95). The term "hunt" has been legislatively defined with reference to the term…”
State v. Domangue, 649 So. 2d 1034 (La. Ct. App. 1994). “R.S. 56:8(48)) to sell an alligator hide which was improperly skinned, regulations of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries may not create and define a crime and establish the penalty.”
State v. Outlaw, 485 So. 2d 217 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “LSA-R.S. 56:8(105)(a). The defendant argues that this conviction cannot stand as there is insufficient proof that the vehicle was moving at the time of the alleged offense.”
State v. Jacomine, 624 So. 2d 905 (La. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “LSA-R.S. 56:8(21) defines a commercial fisherman as “any person who derives income from the harvesting of living aquatic resources for commercial purposes.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 56:8(105)(a) — 1 case
State v. Outlaw, 485 So. 2d 217 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “LSA-R.S. 56:8(105)(a). The defendant argues that this conviction cannot stand as there is insufficient proof that the vehicle was moving at the time of the alleged offense.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 56:8(108) — 2 cases
Abundance Square Assocs., L.P. v. Williams, 62 So. 3d 261 (La. Ct. App. 2011). “R.S. 56:8(108). LDWF agreed to maintain and manage the property for hunting and fishing by the public.”
Holley v. Plum Creek Timber Co., 877 So. 2d 284 (La. Ct. App. 2004). “R.S. 56:8(108) as: [A]ny area set aside, maintained, and supervised by the commission for the purpose of managing and harvesting wild birds, wild quadrupeds, fish, and other aquatic life under controlled conditions to afford maximum public hunting and fishing opportunity.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 56:8(21) — 1 case
State v. Jacomine, 624 So. 2d 905 (La. Ct. App. 1993). “LSA-R.S. 56:8(21) defines a commercial fisherman as “any person who derives income from the harvesting of living aquatic resources for commercial purposes.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 56:8(44) — 2 cases
State v. Piazza, 655 So. 2d 1357 (La. Ct. App. 1995). “) or any other species of freshwater game fish as defined in R.S. 56:8(44) except hybrid striped bass (striped bass-white bass cross or striped bass-yellow bass cross) which are produced and regulated pursuant to provisions of R.”
State v. Piazza, 668 So. 2d 1125 (La. 1996). “R.S. 56:8(44), (82) and (83). After a bench trial on November 2, 1993, relator was found guilty as charged.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 56:8(48) — 1 case
State v. Domangue, 649 So. 2d 1034 (La. Ct. App. 1994). “R.S. 56:8(48)) to sell an alligator hide which was improperly skinned, regulations of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries may not create and define a crime and establish the penalty.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 56:8(51) — 1 case
State v. Piazza, 655 So. 2d 1357 (La. Ct. App. 1995). “) or any other species of freshwater game fish as defined in R.S. 56:8(44) except hybrid striped bass (striped bass-white bass cross or striped bass-yellow bass cross) which are produced and regulated pursuant to provisions of R.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 56:8(55) — 2 cases
State v. Robinson, 764 So. 2d 190 (La. Ct. App. 2000). “R.S. 56:8(55). Take means, in its different tenses, the attempt or act of hooking, pursuing, netting, capturing, snaring, trapping, shooting, hunting, wounding, or killing by any means or device.”
State v. Neilson, 660 So. 2d 130 (La. Ct. App. 1995). “"`Take' means, in its different tenses, the attempt or act of hooking, pursuing, netting, capturing, snaring, trapping, shooting, hunting, wounding, or killing by any means or device." LSA-R.S. 56:8(95). The term "hunt" has been legislatively defined with reference to the term…”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 56:8(7) — 1 case
State v. Jacomine, 624 So. 2d 905 (La. Ct. App. 1993). “LSA-R.S. 56:8(21) defines a commercial fisherman as “any person who derives income from the harvesting of living aquatic resources for commercial purposes.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 56:8(77) — 1 case
State v. Wingate, 668 So. 2d 1324 (La. Ct. App. 1996). “R.S. 56:8(77), a transport license was not sufficient.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 56:8(91) — 1 case
Vanacor v. Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries, 483 So. 2d 1127 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “56:320 and R.S. 56:8(91) insofar as prohibiting the taking of catfish only by approved slat traps.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 56:8(95) — 2 cases
State v. Robinson, 764 So. 2d 190 (La. Ct. App. 2000). “R.S. 56:8(55). Take means, in its different tenses, the attempt or act of hooking, pursuing, netting, capturing, snaring, trapping, shooting, hunting, wounding, or killing by any means or device.”
State v. Neilson, 660 So. 2d 130 (La. Ct. App. 1995). “"`Take' means, in its different tenses, the attempt or act of hooking, pursuing, netting, capturing, snaring, trapping, shooting, hunting, wounding, or killing by any means or device." LSA-R.S. 56:8(95). The term "hunt" has been legislatively defined with reference to the term…”
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