Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:4103.1

  • 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.
  • 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

Any of the following shall be deemed to constitute authentic evidence for purposes of an executory proceeding to enforce a mortgage, collateral mortgage, or other security agreement against a limited liability company:

(1)  A certified copy of the limited liability company’s articles of organization filed with the secretary of state containing a grant of authority to one or more individuals to execute a mortgage or security agreement for and on behalf of the limited liability company, whether the specific transaction, mortgage, or security agreement is described with particularity or more general authority is granted.  

(2)  A written consent by all of the then members of the limited liability company, or such other persons as may have been delegated authority pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 12:1318(B), signed and certified by any person named in the statement provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 12:1305(C)(5), or, if no such person or persons are so named, upon a certificate of a member, if management is reserved to the members, or a manager, if management is vested in one or more managers pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 12:1312, of the limited liability company, authorizing or ratifying the grant of authority to one or more individuals to execute a mortgage or security agreement for and on behalf of the limited liability company, whether the specific transaction, mortgage, or security agreement is described with particularity or more general authority is granted or ratified.  

(3)  An extract of the minutes of the meeting of the then members of a limited liability company, or such other persons as may have been delegated authority pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 12:1318(B), signed and certified by any person named in the statement provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 12:1305(C)(5), or, if no such person or persons are so named, signed and certified by a member, if management is reserved to the members, or manager, if management is vested in one or more managers pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 12:1312, of the limited liability company, setting forth the resolution or resolutions authorizing or ratifying the granting of a mortgage or security agreement, whether the specific transaction, mortgage, or security agreement is described with particularity or more general authority is granted or ratified.

Acts 1993, No. 475, §5, eff. June 9, 1993.