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LA Code › Code revised-statutes › Title 49 › Section 5

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Whoever injures, mutilates, destroys, interferes with or removes any of the marks or buoys located, placed, anchored or moored, under the provisions of R.S. 49:4, shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than one year, nor more than five years, or both.

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Penalty for interference with marks or buoys · La. Rev. Stat. § 49:5 | Frix