Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2278

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • 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

At the expiration of the applicable time period set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 47:2275 and 2276, the party obtaining the monition may apply to the court which rendered the monition to confirm the title to and full ownership in the property and homologate the sale.  The court shall homologate and confirm the sale and the title to and full ownership in the property if the affidavit under La. Rev. Stat. 47:2277 has been filed and no opposition has been filed.  If opposition is made to the homologation, the provisions regarding actions to annul under this Chapter shall apply.

Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.