After the HANO Inspection Audit: A New Orleans Housing-Hazard Reporting and Evidence Guide
A source-checked guide to reporting New Orleans housing hazards, preserving repair records and understanding the HANO audit, with a printable resident log.
Blog
Out-of-State Plates and Louisiana Insurance Stops: What Act 861 Changed
What Act 861 changed for visiting drivers, acceptable insurance proof, separate statutory deadlines, impound-release procedures and towing costs.
Louisiana’s Commercial-Truck Dashcam Discount: A 2026 Eligibility and Renewal Checklist
Act 19 and final Regulation 138 explained: qualifying equipment, insurer exceptions, annual verification and a worked liability-premium example.
Flashing Red, Flashing Yellow, or Completely Dark: Louisiana Traffic-Signal Rules
An illustrated guide to flashing red, flashing yellow and dark intersections, with Louisiana statutes, examples and New Orleans reporting instructions.
When a Loose Dog Causes a Louisiana Car Crash: Liability, Insurance, and Filing Deadlines
Dog-owner responsibility, swerving crashes, insurance distinctions, comparative fault, and the change from one-year to two-year filing rules.
Louisiana Truck Weight Enforcement: Weigh Stations, Bypass Rules, and the 2026 Audit
Verified station data, original rate calculations, bypass rules, and the limits of the Legislative Auditor’s 2026 field observations.
Louisiana’s 2027 Vehicle Inspection Rules: Dates, Parishes, and Vehicle Types
Act 701’s transition dates, five emissions parishes, vehicle-category exceptions, fee ceiling, and implementation details that still need confirmation.
Louisiana Direct Actions After Act 275: A Case-by-Case Timeline Through 2026
A dated comparison of Tridico, Vascocu, Morgan, and Davis, including filing dates, statutory exceptions, and the different dismissal rulings.
Louisiana’s Housley Presumption After Act 18: Dates, Exceptions, and Medical Proof
When Louisiana’s new injury-causation rule applies, what the former Housley presumption required, and how to organize the medical evidence.
New Orleans Bicycle Fatalities Through 2024: Counts, City Comparisons, and Limits
New Orleans bicycle fatality counts through 2024, a disclosed 13-city comparison for 2022–2024, and downloadable data and methods.
Lafayette Parish Fatal Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes: Public Records and Map, 2020–2024
Public FARS records identify 62 pedestrian and pedalcyclist deaths in 59 Lafayette Parish crashes during 2020–2024. Explore the locations, records, and method.
Louisiana’s Hands-Free Law After the 2026 School-Zone Amendment
How the 2026 school-zone amendment interacts with Louisiana’s hands-free rules, stationary vehicles, enforcement, and crash evidence.
When a Modified E-Bike Falls Outside Louisiana’s Three E-Bike Classes
Compare the crash-day configuration with R.S. 32:1, not merely the original product listing. Preserve the label, components, firmware, settings, receipts, and ride data, then obtain a careful legal classification before making assumptions about licensing, route access, insurance, or fault.
Paid, Owed, or Written Off? Louisiana Medical-Bill Recovery in 2026
A $20,000 hospital bill can represent several different amounts: the provider’s initial charge, an insurer’s payment, a contractual adjustment, and a balance the patient still owes. Louisiana’s rules for recovering past medical expenses require those amounts to be separated. For claims governed by the 2026 version of R.S. 9:2800.27, the treatment of a bill…
Louisiana No Pay, No Play: Limits, Exceptions, and Worked Examples
Louisiana’s separate $100,000 restrictions, statutory exceptions, coverage timing, and worked examples under R.S. 32:866.