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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 278
BY SENATOR ERDEY
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4766(E)(1), relative to liens and privileges on immovable2
property; to provide relative to the procedure for the enforcement of certain liens and3
privileges by local government; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 33:4766(E)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง4766. Lien and privilege for cost of demolition, removal, and maintenance by7
parish or municipality; interest; attorney fees8
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E.(1) The privilege and lien shall be enforced by ordinary process in the10
district court having jurisdiction of the immovable within three years after it is11
perfected. Alternatively, the privilege and lien may be enforced by assessing the12
amount of the privilege and lien against the immovable as a tax against the13
immovable, to be enforced and collected as any ordinary property tax lien to be14
assessed against the property; said the lien and privilege may be collected in the15
manner fixed for collection of taxes and shall be subject to the same civil penalties16
for delinquencies. After the parish or municipality has incurred such costs as17
constitute the lien and privilege on the property, the parish president, police jury,18
mayor, or any director of any community development department of the parish or19
municipality may send an attested bill of said costs and expenses which constitute20
the lien and privilege to the director of administration or tax assessor of the parish21
in which the property is located, who shall add the amount of said the bill to the22
next tax bill of the owner. The lien obtained by the parish or municipality pursuant23
to proper notification and filing shall include not only the costs provided for in24
Subsection A of this Section but shall include all attorney fees and all costs of court25
ACT No. 437 SB NO. 278 ENROLLED
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incurred in the locating of the owner, the notification of the owner, and the1
enforcement and collection of the amount secured by the lien against the immovable2
and the improvements.3
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: