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ACT No. 227
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 956
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 9:2721 and to repeal Civil Code Article 3275, relative to
3 mortgage and conveyance records; to provide for the recordation of certain
4 documents; to provide relative to information contained in certain documents; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 9:2721 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง2721. Filing in office of parish recorder
9 B.A. An act of sale conveyance of immovable property or attachment thereto
10 filed for registry in the office of the parish recorder pursuant to Subsection A of this
11 Section shall designate the name of the person responsible for all property taxes and
12 assessments and include the address where property tax and assessment notices are
13 to be mailed. The person responsible for the taxes and assessments of the
14 immovable being transferred shall provide the above information to the tax assessor
15 for the parish in which the immovable property is located for the purpose of issuing
16 tax and assessment notices.
17 C.B. Anyone who acquires immovable property in this state, whether by
18 sale, sheriff's sale, giving in payment, or in any other manner, which property is
19 subject to a recorded lease agreement that is not divested by the acquisition, shall
20 take the property subject to all of the provisions of the lease, including any provision
21 for the payment of a commission to a leasing agent or other third party, provided that
22 the lease was recorded prior to the recordation of the document which establishes the
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1 rights of the person who acquires the property. Such document shall include but is
2 not limited to a mortgage, option to purchase, or other writing.
3 Section 2. Civil Code Article 3275 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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