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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE BILL NO. 183
BY SENATOR CORTEZ
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PRIVILEGES/LIENS. Provides relative to liens. (8/1/13)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 9:4802(G)(1), relative to liens and privileges; to provide relative2
to improvement of an immovable by a contractor; to provide with respect to notice3
requirements of the lessor of the movables placed at the site of the immovable for4
use in a work; to provide with respect to privileges securing the improvement; and5
to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 9:4802(G)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:8
ยง4802. Improvement of immovable by contractor; claims against the owner and9
contractor; privileges securing the improvement10
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G.(1) For the privilege under this Section or R.S. 9:4801(4) to arise, the12
lessor of the movables shall deliver a copy of the lease notice to the owner and to the13
contractor not more than ten thirty days after the movables are first placed at the site14
of the immovable for use in a work. The notice shall contain the name and15
mailing address of the lessor and lessee, a description sufficient to identify the16
movable property placed at the site of the immovable for use in a work, state the17 SB NO. 183
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term of rental and terms of payment and shall be signed by the lessor and lessee.1
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Angela L. DeJean.
DIGEST
Present law provides that for the privilege under present law to arise, the lessor of the
movables shall deliver a copy of the lease to the owner and to the contractor not more than
10 days after the movables are first placed at the site of the immovable for use in a work.
Proposed law provides that for the privilege under present law to arise, the lessor of the
movables shall deliver notice to the owner and to the contractor not more than 30 days after
the movables are first placed at the site of the immovable for use in a work.
Proposed law provides that the notice shall contain the name and mailing address of the
lessor and lessee, a description sufficient to identify the movable property placed at the site
of the immovable for use in a work, state the term of rental and terms of payment and shall
be signed by the lessor and lessee.
Effective August 1, 2013.
(Amends R.S. 9:4802(G)(1))