Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:926

  • Association: means a savings association, thrift institution, homestead, building and loan association, savings and loan association, or society, including both capital stock and mutual associations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:703
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.

In the event of foreclosure by executory process of a mortgage, on either movable or immovable property, in favor of an association, the certificate of any officer of the association, certifying as to the amount due on the mortgage and the maturity thereof by reason of the failure of the mortgagor, his assigns, or successors, to comply with the obligations imposed by the act of mortgage, the bylaws, or the savings contract is authentic evidence of the facts recited in the certificate.

Acts 1970, No. 234, §1.  Acts 1983, No. 675, §1.