# Louisiana — How long before a car left on your property or towed from it can legally be sold — by US state

For Louisiana, time to count as abandoned on private property is a motor vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property for more than three days; owner notice process is not specified at this stage; minimum time before sale/disposal is not specified at this stage; statutory citation is 32:471, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Louisiana _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Time to count as abandoned on private property:** a motor vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property for more than three days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Owner notice process:** not specified at this stage _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum time before sale/disposal:** not specified at this stage _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** 32:471 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> RS 32:471 " id="ctl00_PageBody_ButtonNext" title="view next" /> <https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/LawPrint.aspx?d=88441> PART III. PARKING MOTOR VEHICLES &#167;471. Definitions The following words and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the meanings herein assigned unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Abandoned motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is inoperable and is left unattended on public property for more than twenty-four hours, or is inoperable and left unattended on the shoulder or right-of-way of an interstate or a four-lane highway for more than twenty-four hours, or a motor vehicle that has remained illegally on public property for a period of more than twenty-four hours, or a motor vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property for more than three days.

## Source

- https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=88441

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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