Terms Used In Louisiana Civil Code 3316

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

The deteriorations, which proceed from the deed or neglect of the third possessor to the prejudice of the creditors who have a privilege or a mortgage, give rise against the former to an action of indemnification.

Acts 1992, No. 1132, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.