image use

[albojir]

what are the legal requirements of using a picture of a house taken from a public street. I want to use it as part of a book cover for a manuscript I'm going to self publish.

 

[army judge]

what are the legal requirements of using a picture of a house taken from a public street. I want to use it as part of a book cover for a manuscript I'm going to self publish.

Probably none, in most states.
But, your state is Louisiana, and it has certain peculiarities as regards the "law".
You might want to ask a LA licensed attorney, just to be sure.
I see noting alarming in using a picture you take for the jacket of a book you are publishing.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I am not now, not have I ever been a licensed attorney in Louisiana.