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Dear President Rousselle:

You have requested an opinion of this Office as to the proper legal procedures to be followed in the removal of motor vehicles (largely cars and boats) that were relocated to private property by the winds and water of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Specifically, your concerns are:

1) You anticipate that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will require assurances that the entry of local governmental officials onto private property, without prior landowner approval, to remove the motor vehicles will result in the local government's work not being reimbursable.

2)…