Frustrated by litter thrown or blown from cars and trucks? What about businesses and home-owners who let their trash pile up in violation of local laws? In addition to police officers, justices of the peace and constables can cite violators with fines and can require litter violators to clean up the litter and do community service work. What can you do? Report litter violators.
What is illegal?
Basically every form of littering is prohibited by parish and state ordinances. Here is a summary of what the ordinances cover:
Throwing, dumping or placing any waste item or other material on public property, the right of way or private property without the owners permission.
Allowing anything to escape from a vehicle - all trash and other material transported in a commercial or privately owned vehicle must be completely enclosed, covered by a tarp or otherwise secured.
Trash on commercial or private property must be kept in a sealed container. There is nothing in the building code that exempts construction and demolition sites from these laws.
Making a Report
When you see littering occur, all you need to do is record the information in the form below and either submit the report online or print the form and give it to a law enforcement officer. If you would rather report the information by phone, call your justice of the peace and explain as much as you can about the incident.