HLS 22RS-1870 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 905
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
PROPERTY: Provides relative to partition by licitation
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4614, relative to partition of co-
3 owned property; to provide relative to purchase by a co-owner; to provide for credit
4 for property interest in property; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4614 is hereby amended and reenacted
7to read as follows:
8 Art. 4614. Purchase by co-owner of property or interest sold
9 A. Any property or interest therein in the property sold to effect a partition,
10 whether by licitation or by private sale, may be purchased by a co-owner.
11 B. If a property or interest in the property is purchased by a co-owner, the
12 co-owner shall be credited for his share of the property or interest in the property.
13 The co-owner shall have his share deducted from the purchase price of the property
14 or interest in the property prior to payment.
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 905 Original 2022 Regular Session Gregory Miller
Abstract: Deducts the co-owners share of the property to be partitioned from the purchase
price of the property.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 22RS-1870 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 905
Present law provides that co-owners may purchase any property or interest therein to effect
a partition.
Proposed law provides that the co-owner shall have his share deducted from the purchase
price of the property or interest in the property.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 4614)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.