Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 50:64

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10

Any person who wilfully defaces, injures, or removes any property of the United States coast and geodetic, or geological, or other survey, constructed or used by virtue of an act of Congress referred to in La. Rev. Stat. 50:61 shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense and shall be liable in a civil action for damages sustained by the United States in consequence thereof.