Destruction of certain seized liquors.
New Orleans City Code § 10-578
in effectSec. 10-578. - Destruction of certain seized liquors.
The department of finance may, after it has held for a period of not less than six months any seized liquors which are damaged, opened, unsaleable or unfit for human consumption and which have not been claimed by the person from whom they were seized, destroy such articles which are damaged, opened, unsaleable or unfit for human consumption without the necessity of court proceedings, and such articles shall be destroyed in the presence of the director of the department of finance, and two other witnesses. The department of finance shall prepare a proces-verbal describing all such articles to be destroyed, to whom such articles belong and the address of the place where seized, and such proces-verbal shall be signed by the director and the two other witnesses and shall be preserved among the records of the department for a period of not less than three years from the date upon which such damaged, opened, unsaleable or unfit for human consumption articles are so destroyed.
(Code 1956, § 5-119)
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH10ALBE_ARTIVGATA_DIV4VI_S10-578DECESELIFetched: 10/28/2026