Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure 2702

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

When property sold or otherwise alienated by the original debtor or his legal successor has been seized and is about to be sold under executory process, a person who has acquired the property and assumed the indebtedness secured by the mortgage or privilege thereon may:

(1)  Pay the balance due on the indebtedness, in principal, interest, attorney’s fees, and costs; or

(2)  Arrest the seizure and sale on any of the grounds mentioned in Article 2751.