Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2280

  • Acquiring person: means either of the following:

    (a)  A person acquiring tax sale title to a tax sale property. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2122

  • Adjudicated property: means property of which tax sale title is acquired by a political subdivision pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2122
  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Political subdivision: means any of the following to the extent it has the power to levy ad valorem taxes and conduct tax sales for failure to pay ad valorem taxes:

    (a)  The state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2122

  • 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
  • Tax debtor: means , as of the date of determination, the person listed on the tax roll in accordance with La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2122
  • Tax sale: means the sale or adjudication of tax sale title to property pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2122

A.  The judgment rendered in the monition proceeding may be filed with the recorder of mortgages of the parish in which the property is located.

B.  The petitioner may file the affidavit provided in La. Rev. Stat. 47:2277 with the recorder of mortgages.  The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the petitioner and the tax debtor as mortgagors.

C.  The filing of the affidavit provided in Subsection B of this Section with the recorder of mortgages of the parish in which the property is located shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of:

(1)  All statutory impositions due and owing to the selling or donor political subdivision prior to the date of the original acquisition by a tax sale purchaser or donee of adjudicated property.

(2)  All statutory impositions of all political subdivisions and all other interests, liens, privileges, and other encumbrances under governmental liens arising prior to the original sale of adjudicated property to the acquiring person, or the filing of the notice required under La. Rev. Stat. 47:2236(E).

(3)  All interests, liens, mortgages, and other encumbrances recorded against the property and listed in the affidavit, other than governmental liens not included in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

D.  After the filing of the affidavit, the recorder of mortgages or the recorder of conveyances shall treat as canceled, terminated, released, or erased all those liens, privileges, mortgages, or other encumbrances canceled, terminated, released, or erased under Subsection C of this Section.

E.  The petitioner shall be liable to and indemnify the recorder of mortgages, the recorder of conveyances, and any other person relying on the cancellation, termination, release, or erasure by affidavit for any damages that they may suffer as a consequence of such reliance if the recorded affidavit contains materially false or incorrect statements that cause the recorder to incorrectly cancel, terminate, release, or erase any interest as provided in the affidavit.  The recorder of mortgages and the recorder of conveyances shall not be liable for any damages resulting to any person or entity as a consequence of the cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.

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