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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 days after the movables are first placed at the site of the14
immovable for use in a work. The notice shall contain the name and mailing15
address of the lessor and lessee, a description sufficient to identify the movable16
property placed at the site of the immovable for use in a work, state the term of17 SB NO. 183
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rental and terms of payment and shall be signed by the lessor and lessee.1
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The original instrument was prepared by Angela Lockett De Jean. The
following digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative
instrument, was prepared by Julie J. Baxter.
DIGEST
Cortez (SB 183)
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 10 days after
the movables are first placed at the site of the immovable for use in a work.
Proposed law provides 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))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to the
original bill
1. Removed the proposed change from ten to thirty days that would have been
in the maximum number of days to deliver notice after the movables are first
placed at the site of the immovable. Kept the current law ten day period.