Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:1711

  • Credit: includes every claim and demand for money, labor, merchandise and other valuable things. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:1702
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Property: includes every form, character and kind of property, real, personal, and mixed, tangible and intangible, corporeal and incorporeal, and every share, right, title or interest therein or thereto, and every right, privilege, franchise, patent, copyright, trade-mark, certificate, or other evidence of ownership or interest; bonds, notes, judgments, credits, accounts, or other evidence of indebtedness, and every other thing of value, in possession, on hand, or under the control, at any time during the calendar year for which taxes are levied, within the State of Louisiana, of any person, firm, partnership, association of persons, or corporation, foreign or domestic whether the same be held, possessed, or controlled, as owner, agent, pledgee, mortgagee, or legal representative, or as president, cashier, treasurer, liquidator, assignee, master, superintendent, manager, sequestrator, receiver, trustee, stakeholder, depository, warehouseman, keeper, curator, executor, administrator, legatee, heir, beneficiary, parent, attorney, usufructuary, mandatary, fiduciary, or other capacity, whether the owner be known or unknown; except in the cases of fire, life, or other insurance companies, the notes, judgments, accounts, and credits of nonresident persons, firms, corporations, partnerships, associations, or companies doing business in the State of Louisiana, originating from the business done in this state, are hereby declared to be property with its situs within this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:1702

A.  A taxpayer who is entitled to a homestead exemption on property may waive such exemption and pay the ad valorem tax due based on the entire amount of assessed valuation of the property.  Once the taxpayer has waived his homestead exemption and paid the ad valorem tax on his property, he may apply for the sales tax credit provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 47:315.4.

B.  A waiver of homestead exemption for the purposes of this Section shall be in writing and recorded annually in the mortgage records of the parish where the homestead is situated.  The waiver shall be filed not later than July thirtieth of each year and shall be applicable for the calendar year in which filed.  If the homestead is owned by more than one person, the signatures of all owners shall be required for the waiver.

C.  Any additional funds received under these provisions shall be remitted to the sheriff or property tax collector of the parish in which the property is located, who shall then remit the amount, minus administrative costs, to the single sales tax collector for the parish.

Acts 1999, No. 1266, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.